Downtown in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Vine Street Temple

Photographed by Shane Oliver, December 4, 2021

1. Vine Street Temple Marker (Front)

Inscription. Nashville's Jewish community began in the 1840s. Many early families were immigrants fleeing oppression in Germany, Russia, and Poland. Completed in 1876, the Vine Street Temple, with nine Byzantine domes was Nashville's first synagogue, for 80 years a symbol of the city's strong Jewish presence. In 1955, the Reform congregation moved to West Nashville where it and other Jewish congregations continue today.

Erected 1990 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 85.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Synagogues, and the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1876.

Location. 36° 9.655′ N, 86° 46.908′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of Commerce Street and 7th Avenue North, on the left when traveling east on Commerce Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this

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postal address: 127 7th Ave N, Nashville TN 37203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Jungle and Juanita's (within shouting distance of this marker); Vine Street Christian Church (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Berger Building / WDAD Radio Station “Where Dollars are Doubled” (about 400 feet away); Bettie Mae Page (about 500 feet away); Baptist Sunday School Board Building (about 500 feet away); R.M. Mills Bookstore / Zibart's Books and Records (about 500 feet away); Smith House (about 500 feet away); John Robert Lewis (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

More about this marker. Front

Vine Street Temple Marker (Rear) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Shane Oliver, December 4, 2021

2. Vine Street Temple Marker (Rear)

side partially obscured by tree planted in front of it.

Vine Street Temple Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 4, 2020

3. Vine Street Temple Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,457 times since then and 95 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 26, 2021, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. 3. submitted on April 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.