The Bagg Street Shul or Beth Shloime (formally Congregation Temple Solomon) is an Orthodox ,

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Charities Committee, 2008, p. 4. synagogue located at the intersection of Clark Street and Bagg Street in the Montreal Plateau region of

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, Canada. In the early 1900s, fueled by heavy immigration, Jews established a large community in Montreal's Plateau region, around

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, that supported at least a dozen synagogues at its peak. It started to decline in the 1950s, as many Jews moved further west in Montreal or to other parts of Canada. The Bagg Street Shul is the only synagogue still remaining. The synagogue's building, a red-brick

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on Clark Street, was constructed in 1899. The congregation purchased the building and moved there in 1922. The sanctuary seats 350."Montreal Committee Hopes To Save 1920s Beth Shloime Synagogue"
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, marble staircase, pews, '' bimah'' furniture, and chandeliers were moved to the synagogue from the

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location of the

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Synagogue. These items were purchased from the Shaar Hashomayim in 1918 for $1,500 ($ today). The building is recognized as a heritage site by Quebec's Minister of Culture, and by the City of Montreal.Home Page
Bagg Street Shul website. Accessed 2017-05-31. The Bagg Street Shul is the oldest synagogue still operating with its original congregation in its original location in Quebec. , the congregation had 50 member families.

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*{{official website, http://www.baggstreetshul.com/ Orthodox synagogues in Canada Synagogues completed in 1899 Synagogues in Montreal Le Plateau-Mont-Royal 19th-century religious buildings and structures in Canada