Roy Benjamin designed this building in 1927 for the Jacksonville Jewish Center, founded in 1901 as the B'nai Israel Orthodox Congregation. The congregation wanted the building to be both a house of prayer and a social center. A synagogue was housed upstairs and a meeting room and a basketball court were built below. An activities building was added in 1951. The congregation used this building until 1976. Today the Jewish Center is the largest Jewish congregation in Jacksonville.

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

Photo courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/135988