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In 2002, three significant members of Washington's business community took a dramatic step by deciding within a few days to purchase the beautiful structure at Sixth and I Streets, NW that had been built for Adas Israel Congregation in 1906 and sold to Turner Memorial A.M.E. Church in 1951, which used and conserved the handsome building for over fifty years until they too decided to move to a new, larger building. Re-dedicated in April 2004 as the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, the building has been restored and returned to use as a Jewish community facility. The
American Jewish Site Database notes: Adas Israel Congregation (Conservative) is now located at 2850 Quebec St., NW. In Fall 2003, the Goethe-Institut Washington was honored to be part of the opening public program at Sixth and I, a performance about the life and work of the German-born poet Hilda Stern Cohen. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Wymer
BiographyJohn Phillip Wymer (1904-1995) worked as a statistician for the National Bureau of Standards. But on weekends between 1948 and 1952, his hobby was to document Washington by photographing all sections of the city in a systematic manner. This article gives more background on Wymer's amazing work. |
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