[Hebrew Institute Building Fund Committee]

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Letterhead stationary for the Hebrew Institute Building Fund Committee outlining all the donors for the institute and their monetary contributions. The building, designed by the architectural firm of Field and Clarkson, was constructed between April and August of 1914 in the 800 block of Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas at a cost of $14,668. The top left corner of the document shows an architectural drawing of the building.

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Hebrew Institute. Board. 1913~.

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Letterhead stationary for the Hebrew Institute Building Fund Committee outlining all the donors for the institute and their monetary contributions. The building, designed by the architectural firm of Field and Clarkson, was constructed between April and August of 1914 in the 800 block of Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas at a cost of $14,668. The top left corner of the document shows an architectural drawing of the building.

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1 p. : ill. ; 29 x 22 cm.

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Additional information about this item: The building’s first floor housed the Hebrew School, the rabbi’s study, a meeting room, and library; the second floor housed a kitchen, auditorium, and banquet hall; the third floor, a gymnasium, showers, and locker rooms. During WWI and WWII, it served as a center for Jewish soldiers. The building was purchased by the Danciger family in 1951 for use as an office building and later razed.

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Hebrew Institute. Board. [Hebrew Institute Building Fund Committee], text, 1913~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117173/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Worth Jewish Archives.

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