This congregation was founded in 1908 and the synagogue was dedicated in 1923. For decades before that, the Jews of St. Augustine and Fernandina Beach met in homes for religious worship. The synagogue was built in 1923 using stained glass windows from a 100-year-old Atlanta synagogue.

Information courtesy of Florida Division of Historical Resources, a division of the Florida Department of State.

Image courtesy of First Congregation Sons of Israel, http://www.first-congregationsonsofisrael.org/