The Temple (Atlanta)
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The Temple
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| Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 33°47′52″N 84°23′21″W / 33.79778°N 84.38917°WCoordinates: 33°47′52″N 84°23′21″W / 33.79778°N 84.38917°W |
| Built | 1931 |
| Architect | Shutze, Philip |
| NRHP Reference # | 82002420 |
| Added to NRHP | September 9, 1982 |
The Temple (formally, the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation) is a Jewish center in Atlanta, Georgia. The oldest Jewish congregation in Atlanta, the Hebrew Benevolent Society, was established in 1860 to serve the needs of German-Jewish immigrants. The Temple, designed by Philip Trammell Shutze in a Neoclassical style, was completed in 1931.
Previous temples of the congregation were located at:
During the 1950s and 1960s The Temple became a center for civil rights advocacy. In response, white supremacists bombed The Temple on October 12, 1958, with no injuries. While arrests were made, there were no convictions. Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Ralph McGill's outraged front-page column on the Temple bombing won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. The Temple (location) as well as the bombing event was used as a central theme in the Academy Award winning Best Picture "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989).
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