Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Congregation Knesseth Israel is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located in Ellington, Connecticut.The congregation was founded in 1906 by a group of Jewish farmers.The synagogue building, known as Knesseth Israel Synagogue was built in 1913 at the corner of Middle Rd. and Abbott Rd. in Ellington. It was built in the Colonial Revival Style partly with funds from the philanthropist Baron Maurice de Hirsch's Jewish Colonization Association. In the 1954 the building was moved to its present location at 236 Pinney St.The building was designed by Leon Dobkin. It was covered in a 1995 multiple property submission study of many synagogues in Connecticut, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.In addition to the synagogue, the congregation maintains an Orthodox Jewish cemetery within the larger Ellington Cemetery.. }
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- Congregation_Knesseth_Israel_(Ellington,_Connecticut) abstract "Congregation Knesseth Israel is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located in Ellington, Connecticut.The congregation was founded in 1906 by a group of Jewish farmers.The synagogue building, known as Knesseth Israel Synagogue was built in 1913 at the corner of Middle Rd. and Abbott Rd. in Ellington. It was built in the Colonial Revival Style partly with funds from the philanthropist Baron Maurice de Hirsch's Jewish Colonization Association. In the 1954 the building was moved to its present location at 236 Pinney St.The building was designed by Leon Dobkin. It was covered in a 1995 multiple property submission study of many synagogues in Connecticut, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.In addition to the synagogue, the congregation maintains an Orthodox Jewish cemetery within the larger Ellington Cemetery.".