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Etz Chaim Synagogue
Etz Chaim Synagogue · Portland, United States · 1921-01-01
Etz Chaim Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "Tree of Life") is a unaffiliated Jewish congregation, synagogue, and Jewish history museum, located at 267 Congress Street, at the head of India Street, in Portland, Maine, United States.
The record
| Date | 1921-01-01 |
|---|---|
| Place | Etz Chaim Synagogue, Portland, United States |
| Coordinates | 43.6621, -70.25248 (landmark-level precision) |
| Scope | Local interest |
| Sources | en.wikipedia · Wikidata Q5405165 |
| Added | 2026-08-14 · source: wikipedia-en |
Coordinates are given at landmark level. A landmark-level coordinate points at the structure; a city-level one points at the settlement, not at a parcel.
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- Image search filtered to reusable licences — useful for tracing which institution holds a picture.
- National and municipal archives of United States, and the picture desks of newspapers published there at the time.
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Footage
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Time layers at this place
One place, several moments in time. This location has 14 recorded time layers between 1920 and 1965 — slide through them:
- 1920 — Falmouth Hotel (Maine)
- 1921 — Etz Chaim Synagogue this page
- 1924 — Central Fire Station (Portland, Maine)
- 1926 — Moulton Street
- 1948 — India Street
- 1948 — Portland station (Grand Trunk)
- 1948 — 68 High Street
- 1950 — Fort Preble
- 1955 — 159–161 Fore Street
- 1958 — East Bayside
- 1959 — Bubba's Sulky Lounge
- 1959 — Million Dollar Bridge (Maine)
- 1965 — One Monument Square
- 1965 — United States Hotel (Portland, Maine)
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Nearby in United States
- East Bayside (1958)Portland
- Eastern Cemetery (1973)Portland
- India Street (1948)Portland
- Green Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church (1973)Portland
- Lincoln Park (Portland, Maine) (1989)Portland
- First Baptist Church (Portland, Maine) (1978)Portland