Beth Aharon Synagogue in 1927

During my final visit to the British Library, just before my departure from London, I looked at a 1927 brochure celebrating the opening of Beth Aharon Synagogue on Museum Road (now Huqiu Road):

Here is the drawing of the building from that book:

See it on the map.

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