This 273-Ton Synagogue Is Being Moved for the Third Time.

[elleng]

'Migration is at the heart of tiny Adas Israel synagogue. Constructed in 1876 at Sixth and G streets, Northwest, the building became too small for its congregation, which moved on, first in 1908 to the opulent Sixth & I synagogue and later to a new location in Cleveland Park. . .

Adas Israel’s presence will lend texture to the Capitol Crossing project, meant to suture the gash that 395 cut through downtown DC half a century ago. Adas Israel—the first place in Washington designed as a synagogue—has healing in its history as well. Ulysses S. Grant became the first sitting US President to attend a Jewish service when he appeared at Adas Israel’s 1876 dedication—an atonement, suggests Georgetown law professor Wallace Mlyniec, the school’s liaison to the project, for Grant’s order to expel all Jews from the areas of the country he had governed early in the Civil War. At the dedication, Grant donated $10—the equivalent of $222 today—to the building fund.'

http://www.washingtonian.com/2016/03/31/washington-dc-273-ton-adas-israel-synagogue-is-being-moved-for-the-third-time/

xp from Jewish group.

[NV Whino]

1. I can't believe they are picking up and moving a brick building 🕍

Not once, but twice. What a challenge.

[elleng]

2. I agree,

but it's hard for me to imagine moving any building.