{"nrhp_refnum":"01001192","name":"Congregation Talmud Torah of Los Angeles","other_names":["Breed Street Shul","Breed Street Synagogue"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"247 N. Breed St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.04681800100008,"lon":-118.20954965299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-11-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture","Religion","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A synagogue complex at 247 North Breed Street in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, made up of a brick Byzantine Revival main synagogue (permit 1922, completed 1923) and a rear wood-framed school building/synagogue (1914-1915).","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the Shul played a pivotal role in Jewish settlement, religious practice and education in Boyle Heights and east Los Angeles, especially between about 1910 and 1950. It also qualifies as a rare, modest example of Byzantine Revival architecture, and is the only local example of the style faced in brick.","narrative":"Two buildings on a small lot at 247 North Breed Street in Boyle Heights make up the Breed Street Shul. The main synagogue, built in 1922-1923 of brick, has a Byzantine Revival front with alternating light and dark bands, cast stone ornament, arched doorways and Star of David motifs. Its sanctuary was designed for about 1,100 worshippers and has a barrel-vaulted ceiling painted to represent the heavens, plus hand-painted Judaic symbols and zodiac signs. Behind it stands the earlier wood-framed school building and prayer hall, begun in 1914-1915. Boyle Heights was the most populous Jewish community in Los Angeles from about 1910 to 1950, and the congregation offered worship, education and social support to Eastern European immigrants. The architecture is described as the most modest local example of its style and the only one faced in brick. Architect Abram M. Edelman is credited with the design. The complex is now vacant and protected by barricades, with plans for rehabilitation as a museum and cultural center.","period_of_significance":"1915-1951","architect_builder":"Edelman, Abram (Abraham) M., Architect; Zimmerman, Archie C., Architect; Barnett, Leo W., Architect; Gorelnik, Hyman, Contractor","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revival: Byzantine Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant/not in use; the buildings are fenced, boarded and protected with steel and plywood panels, and the interior has been vandalized. In 2000 the property passed to a nonprofit planning to rehabilitate it as a community museum and cultural center.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.415096-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/01001192.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001192/a7f5a8a350-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001192/a7f5a8a350-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Congregation_Talmud_Torah_(Breed_Street_Shul),_Boyle_Heights,_Los_Angeles.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Congregation_Talmud_Torah_(Breed_Street_Shul),_Boyle_Heights,_Los_Angeles.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859047","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breed_Street_Shul","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4960190"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/congregation-talmud-torah-of-los-angeles-01001192/"}