The first house for the newly arrived Jews was erected between 1730 and 1731.

Their house of worship was erected in 1843; it will seat 300 and cost $2,500.

Their house of worship was erected in 1841; it will seat 350 and cost $1,600.

Next door, a similarly large and modern house has been erected on a lot where a ranch home once stood.

As the population grew, more houses were erected and new businesses established.

The following year, a chapel and a house were erected.

On average, a new house would be erected every eight hours, seven days a week, for 20 years.

By this time some half a dozen houses had been erected in the place.

A stone keeper's house was also erected on the site.

Wright, who died in 1959 - the year the house was erected - never got to see it.