Ottawa French Seventh-day Adventist Church

The building was originally constructed in 1904 as a synagogue for the Adath Jeshurun congregation.^[1] The first purpose-built synagogue in Ottawa,^[2] the building was designed by noted architect John W.H. Watts,^[1] and was home to the city's first Jewish congregation.^[2] In 1957, Adath Jeshurun and the Agudath Achim congregation merged to form the Beth Shalom congregation. The new group moved to a new synagogue at the corner of Rideau and Chapel Street.^[1] The synagogue became a memorial chapel^[2] and the funerals of many Ottawa notables were held there. In 1999, the building was sold to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.^[1]

Following a request from the Lowertown Community Association,^[2] the city of Ottawa designated the building as a heritage building in 2016.^[1] The Seventh-day congregation opposed the decision.^[2]