Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Bridgeport

Name: Ahavath Achim Synagogue
Address: Bridgeport, United States

#50 among attractions in Bridgeport

Synagogue, Georgian architecture

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Ahavath Achim Synagogue was located at 725 Hancock Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The building was built in 1926 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1995, as "West End Congregation--Achavath Achim Synagogue". The building is a rare example in Bridgeport of a Colonial Revival house of worship containing details such as a portico with fluted columns and round arch stained-glass windows. Bridgeport architect Leonard Asheim designed many municipal and ecclesiastical buildings from 1910 to 1940. ()

Built: 1926 (98 years ago)Coordinates: 41°10'12"N, 73°12'44"W

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West Side - West End (West End - West Side)Bridgeport United States

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Ahavath Achim Synagogue – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Seaside Park, Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain, McLevy Hall, Ephraim.

1 miSE
Park
Seaside Park, Bridgeport
27 min walk • Seaside Park, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is a 2.5-mile long crescent-shaped park bordering Bridgeport Harbor, Long Island Sound, and Black Rock Harbor. The park lies within Bridgeport's South End neighborhood.
0.8 miNE
Monuments and statues
Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain, Bridgeport
20 min walk • The Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut at the intersection of Fairfield and Park avenues. The fountain was built in 1912–1913 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 4, 1985.
1.3 miNE
City hall, Historical place
McLevy Hall, Bridgeport
32 min walk • McLevy Hall is a historic municipal building at 202 State Street in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut. The building was built in 1854 to house both the City Hall and the Fairfield County Courthouse, and served as Bridgeport City Hall into the 1930s.
0.8 miNE
Synagogue, Shingle style architecture
Ephraim, Bridgeport
21 min walk • The Bikur Cholim Synagogue is a historic religious building at 1545 Iranistan Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Built about 1894 for a Congregational church, it housed two different Jewish congregations from 1929 to 1989.
0.5 miW
Cemetery
Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport
14 min walk • Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Connecticut, was laid out in 1849 in the then popular rural cemetery design in a park-like, rural setting away from the center of the city. The cemetery was founded by showman P. T. Barnum, who himself is buried there. "The original grounds were surveyed and designed by Horatio Stone and Mr.
1.1 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Universities and schools
St. Augustine Cathedral, Bridgeport
29 min walk • St. Augustine Cathedral, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport.
0.9 miNE
Church, Romanesque architecture
First Baptist Church, Bridgeport
24 min walk • The First Baptist Church is a historic church at 126 Washington Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Built in 1893, it is a distinctive local example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, designed by local architect Joseph W. Northrop for a congregation founded in 1837. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
1.4 miNE
Theater, Beaux-Arts architecture
Palace and Majestic Theaters, Bridgeport
36 min walk • The Palace and the Majestic are a pair of historic performance and film venues at 1315-1357 Main Street in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut. Built in 1921-22 by Sylvester Z. Poli in a single building that also housed a hotel, they were in their heyday a posh and opulent sight, designed by noted theater architect Thomas W. Lamb.
1.2 miE
Museum
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport
30 min walk • The Housatonic Museum of Art is a museum at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The museum's collection is displayed throughout the college campus and in the Burt Chernow Galleries, which also hosts visiting exhibitions.
1.2 miNE
41°10'42"N • 73°11'32"W
Bijou Theatre CT, Bridgeport
31 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
1.1 miW
Church
Holy Family Church, Fairfield
29 min walk • Holy Family is a Roman Catholic parish in Fairfield, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport.

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Which popular attractions are close to Ahavath Achim Synagogue?

Nearby attractions include Bassickville Historic District, Bridgeport (3 min walk), Nest Arts Factory, Bridgeport (4 min walk), St. Peter Church, Bridgeport (12 min walk), Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport (14 min walk).