 Beth Jacob Anshe Sholom exchanged the deeds for houses at 184 – 186 South Third Street for a property at 274 – 276 South Third Street in June 1905. It hired architect George F. Pelham to draw up plans for a new building, instructing him to copy the prominent Congregation Shaaray Tefila building on Manhattan's West 82nd Street, designed by Arnold Brunner, and known as the "West End Synagogue". Features of the new design included seating for almost 1,000 in the main sanctuary, a Talmud Torah for Hebrew language instruction in the basement, electric lighting, and steam heating. Construction was expected to cost $ 75,000 (today $ 1,980,000). Beth Jacob Anshe Sholom erected the building at 274 – 276 South Third Street, and sold Beth Jacob's building at 326 Keap Street to the North Side Chevre, a new congregation.
