Beth Shalom Synagogue
Once home to one of the city’s largest Jewish congregations, this 1927 synagogue remains a rare architectural treasure on The Paseo.
Beth Shalom Synagogue
3400 Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64109 (Map)
Opened: 1927
Architect/Style: Greenebaum, Hardy, Schumacher // Byzanto-Romanesque synagogue
Area: The Paseo
Beth Shalom Synagogue, located at 3400 Paseo in Kansas City, stands as one of the city’s most architecturally significant religious structures. Designed in the distinctive Byzanto-Romanesque style, the building was completed in 1927 and reflects a fusion of Romanesque, Byzantine, and Islamic design elements that were common in American synagogue architecture of the early 20th century.
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