Landmark 81
Bush Street Temple
1881 Bush Street Between Octavia and Laguna
Lower Pacific Heights
Built 1895
This Moorish-Venetian structure was designed by Moses Lyon as the Ohabai Shalome Synagogue,
founded in 1863 by defectors from Temple Emanu-El. Subsequently the building has been the home
to Buddhist sects, a Christian congregation, and disciples of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Mr Roshi
founded the San Francisco Zen Center in this building in the 1960's but soon moved to 300 Page
Street where the Zen Center is still located.
Today the Temple is undergoing major renovation in preparation for the next chapter in
its long history of service to man's spirit.
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