A Cincinnati firm designed the Moorish-influenced rectangular hipped-roof temple, which is dominated by a wood-shingled tower with a metal-clad onion dome at the center of the facade. Horseshoe arches define the central recessed entrance, windows, and louvered ventilators, and metal roof shingles and terra-cotta provide lavish ornament on this relatively small building. The focal point of the auditorium, which is lit by stained glass windows, is an ornate horseshoe arch outlining the Ark. The builder was J. F. Barnes of Greenville, and the Springfield Architectural Iron Works in Ohio supplied the fencing along the sidewalk. Threatened with demolition after its congregation declined in numbers in the 1980s, the building was rescued by a non-Jewish family, who continue to maintain it and open it for tours.