Sioux City History and Culture by Bicycle Part 114: William LaBarthe Steele Part 9: United Orthodox Synagogue

At one time Sioux City had 3 or 4 Jewish Synagogues. Over the decades they have merged into the 2 that are still here today. One of these is the United Orthodox Synagogue. The Queen Anne style building, located at 14th and Nebraska Streets was dedicated on September 1, 1901. William L. Steele was not the architect who designed the original building. What Steele did design was a classroom addition that was added in the 1920's. The building has also been updated with modern siding, windows and doors. It is a nice combination of Queen Anne and Prairie School styels of architecture.

The synagogue is on the National Register of Historic Places:
Mount Sinai Temple (added 1999 - Building - #99001268)
Also known as United Orthodox Synagogue
1320 Nebraska St., Sioux City
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Burkhead, G.W., Steele, William L
Architectural Style: Prairie School, Queen Anne
Area of Significance: Architecture, European
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-function: Religious Structure

A digital scan of a short news paper article from the October 3, 1955 edition of the Sioux City Journal, page 1 about the merging of the synagogues:


Digital scans of an article in the May 25, 2004 edition of the Sioux City Journal, pages A1 and A9:



Digital scan of information in the thesis Sermons in Stone. It is number 41:


The synagogue as it looks today: