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Date: 1903 Type: Synagogue Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: Alt: 34m

(PSB:131) The Great Synagogue was designed at the height of the economic boom following the second South African War. It is the largest and most ambitious of Parker's designs and an outstanding example of the Free Style, which characterized not only his work but also that of many of his contemporaries. The architectural needs of this period marked by increasing immigration, principally from Europe - were for housing, hotel accommodation, pubs, shops, warehousing, industrial buildings (on a small scale), schools, and ecclesiastical buildings. (O L Pryce-Lewis in UIA, 1985: 58) It is situated next to the First Synagogue. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books that reference Great Synagogue Beck, Haig (Editor). 1985. UIA International Architect : Southern Africa (Issue 8). London: International Architect. pg 58 Cohen, Ronald. 2015. Cape Town : a study in watercolours. Cape Town: Fernwood Press. pg [5] Duncan, Paul & Proust, Alain. 2013. Hidden Cape Town. Cape Town: Random House Struik. pg 168-177 Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett . 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 102 ill Walker, Michael. 2012. Early architects of Cape Town and their buildings (1820 - 1926) with postcard illustrations, The. St James: Michael Walker. pg 85, 86 (ill.)