Rutland Jewish Center

{{short description|Unaffiliated historic synagogue in Rutland, Vermont, US}} {{About||similarly named congregations|Adath Israel (disambiguation){{!}}Adath Israel|similarly named synagogues|Jewish Center (disambiguation){{!}}Jewish Center}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Rutland Jewish Center | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = RutlandVT JewishCommunityCenter.jpg | image_upright = 1.4 | alt = | caption = | religious_affiliation = [[Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = [[Non-denominational Judaism|Non-denominational]] | festival =  | organisational_status =  | ownership = Congregation Adath Israel | governing_body = | leadership = Rabbi Ellie Shemtov | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | status = [[Synagogue]] | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = 96 Grove Street, [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland]], [[Vermont]] | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = United States | map_type = Vermont | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in [[Vermont]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|43|36|44|N|72|58|53|W|region:US-VT_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = Brunner & Tryon | architecture_type = [[Library]] | architecture_style = [[Richardsonian Romanesque]] | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = 1911 {{small|(as a congregation)}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 1927 {{small|(acquired the Baxter building)}} | construction_cost = $12,500 {{small|(purchase price)}} | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = Marble | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = {{url|rutlandjewishcenter.org}} | module = {{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = H. H. Baxter Memorial Library | nrhp_type = | built = {{start date|1889}} | added = August 24, 1978 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 78000239 }} | footnotes = <ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}

The '''Rutland Jewish Center''' is a [[Non-denominational Judaism|non-denominational]] [[Jewish]] [[synagogue]] and religious community center located at 96 Grove Street in [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland]], [[Vermont]], in the United States. The synagogue, owned by the ''' Congregation Adath Israel''', is located in the former '''H. H. Baxter Memorial Library''' building, a [[Richardsonian Romanesque]] structure that is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

==Programs and services== The Rutland Jewish Center (RJC) provides a variety of cultural and educational services to the Jewish community of the Rutland area. It offers both adult and children's classes, the latter including [[Bar Mitzvah]] and [[Bat Mitzvah]] training.

==Architecture and building history== The RJC building is a [[cruciform]] structure, built out of grey marble quarried in [[West Rutland, Vermont|West Rutland]] and laid in irregular courses. Prominent features include the arched entrance [[portico]] at the corner of Grove and Library Streets, and the multi-stage square tower that has an open top stage, each side featuring a pair of round-arched openings separated by a round column. The building was constructed as a library in 1889 by Mary E. Roberts Baxter in honor of her husband, [[Horace Henry Baxter]], a [[New York City]] financier and part-owner of the Rutland Marble Company. The building was designed by Brunner & Tryon, and was opened to the public in 1895.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://orc.vermont.gov/Documents/RutlandCity_NationalRegister__NominationForm_00000009.pdf|title=NRHP nomination for H.H. Baxter Memorial Library|publisher=State of Vermont|accessdate=2016-03-06}}</ref>

In 1927, the building was purchased by Congregation Adath Israel, which had been formed in Rutland in 1911. The domed section of the library was repurposed for use as the main synagogue.<ref name=NRHP/> The building has since been sympathetically enlarged.

==See also== *[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Rutland County, Vermont]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|rutlandjewishcenter.org}}

[[Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont]] [[Category:Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont]] [[Category:Romanesque Revival architecture in Vermont]] [[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1889]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Rutland, Vermont]] [[Category:Synagogues in Vermont]] [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Rutland County, Vermont]] [[Category:Jewish organizations established in 1911]] [[Category:Romanesque Revival synagogues]] [[Category:Unaffiliated synagogues in the United States]] [[Category:1911 establishments in Texas]] [[Category:Synagogues completed in 1927]] [[Category:20th-century synagogues in the United States]]