Shortly, afterwards, from 1888–89,[1] the President Street Synagogue was built. It was one of the first brick buildings in the young city and was designed by Arthur Reid and Robert McCowat and contracted to a Mr. Rowe. E. Mendelsohn laid the cornerstone on September 24, 1889, but the date was later held to be November 1888. When it was completed, Johannesburg had a Jewish population of around 100. The synagogue looked south onto President Street and stretched between Kruis and Von Brandis Streets. It was sold in March 1926.[2]
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^"Lost churches of early Johannesburg". Johannesburg 1912 - Suburb by suburb research. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2019.