Isaac Solomon Synagogue in Lakewood, Colorado

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Isaac Solomon Synagogue in Lakewood, Colorado

Satellite photos courtesy Google Earth.
Edited by David Barth 1 April 2014. Surface photos by David Barth.

JCRS Campus.
Satellite view courtesy Google Earth.

Pierce Street is on the left. The land for the strip mall at the bottom of the picture was sold by JCRS years ago.

Isaac Solomon Synagogue.
Satellite view courtesy Google Earth.

The Isaac Solomon Synagogue is the building with the light-colored roof at the lower left in the picture. The dark rounded building in the lower center of the picture is the famous rotunda where tuberculosis patients could sit at the windows and get some sun.

Isaac Solomon Synagogue.
Satellite view courtesy Google Earth.

The Isaac Solomon Synagogue is the building near the top of the picture. The sole remaining "tent" is the small building near the bottom of the picture.

Isaac Solomon Synagogue.

Isaac Solomon Synagogue.

Isaac Solomon Synagogue.

Isaac Solomon Synagogue.

Isaac Solomon Synagogue.

Isaac Solomon Synagogue.

Isaac Solomon Synagogue.

The Isaac Solomon Synagogue is located on the site of the former Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (JCRS) campusat 1600 Pierce Street.

Dr. Charles Spivak, a Russian immigrant, spearheaded the founding of JCRS. JCRS opened in 1904 with the purpose of housing patients thought to be too ill with tuberculosis to be treated. Patients of all denominations were welcomed no matter what their economic status.

When it opened, JCRS consisted of one administrative building and six canvas tents that housed the patients.

Isaac Solomon built the synagogue in 1911 in memory of his son, Jacob, who died of tuberculosis. The original synagogue burned, and the current synagogue was opened in 1926. The architecture of the synagogue is Moorish style. It is built of red brick with ogee arches and creamy terracotta. It has a flat, parapet roof and gothic windows. There was a library in the rear.

The 10 x 12 feet patient "tent" was moved from its original location to just south of the synagogue, and it has been restored. The tent was actually a small building with a bed, small table, and chairs where a patient stayed to prevent the spread of the disease.

It is believed to be the last remaining intact structure of its kind in the Western United States.

Medical advances in finding a tuberculosis cure caused JCRS to close its doors in 1954. The AMC Cancer Research Center subsequently bought the property, and as of 2014 was owned by the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.

Throughout the years, the synagogue has fallen into disrepair from "benign neglect." The Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation was created in 2001 to raise funds to renovate, maintain, repair, and restore the structure. The synagogue has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties.

LAKEWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY SITES

NUMBER
KEY IDENTIFICATION ADDRESS YEAR
BUILT REGISTRY

1 Cason Howell House 1575 Kipling Street 1874 State Registry

2 Washington Heights School 6375 West First Street 1889 State Registry

3 Stone House 2900 South Estes Street 1886 National Registry

4 Peterson House 801 South Yarrow 1880 National Registry

5 Davies Chuck Wagon Diner 9495 West Colfax Avenue 1957 National Registry

6 Schupp House 1275 Ames Street 1908

7 Ward House 2261 Estes Street 1928

8 WWII Memorial Monument 7655 West 10th Street 1947

9 Golden Hill Cemetery - Hill 12000 West Colfax Avenue 1908 National Registry

10 Mercy Grove House 1980 Garland Street 1935

11 Cline House 7020 West 13th Street 1939

12 Rose Cottage 1800 Dover Street 1918

13 Panoramic Park 12655 West Colfax Avenue 1961

14 Addenbrooke Fireplace 9100 West Center Avenue 1953

15 Isaac Solomon Synagogue 1600 Pierce Street 1904

16 Schnell Farm 3113 South Wadsworth Boulevard 1888 National Registry

17 O'Kane House 6795 West First Street 1897

18 Kellogg House 2080 Klein Street 1888

19 Everett Farm 300 South Garrison Street 1922

20 Denver & Intermountain Car 25 500 Kipling Street (Federal Center) 1911 State Registry

21 Mile High Church 9079 West Alameda Avenue 1973

22 Heavenly Paradise House 975 Reed Street 1952

A Building 710 (Federal Center) 10000 West Alameda Avenue 1960 National Registry

B FEMA Building 10000 West Alameda Avenue 1969 National Registry

C JCRS Historic District 1900 Pierce Street 1900 National Registry

D Bonfil-Stanton Outbuildings 797 South Wadsworth Boulevard 1920 State Registry

E Country Club Garden Apartments 1160 Pierce Street 1962 State Registry