Information & history on rear of plaque:
Built in 1876,  the temple is the only Gothic synagogue in America.   America's third oldest Jewish congregation was founded July 11,  1733,  five months after the colonization of Georgia when a ship with 42 Jews arrived in Savannah's port.   Among the new arrivals was renowned Portuguese physician,  Dr. Samuel Nunez,  whom Oglethorpe credited with saving the colony from a fever epidemic.