Moving the synagogue, 1969

Copyright 1969, The Washington Post. Jim McNamara, photographer. Used with permission.

Synagogue on its new foundation

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Relocation. Saving the building from the wrecking ball required that its top two floors be severed from the ground floor and placed on a flatbed truck. In December 1969, these floors were moved three blocks to the building’s current location at Third and G Streets, NW, and placed on a new foundation.