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Jerusalem Street in Hadar Carmel was once considered the "wide expanse of Haifa" and was home to some of Haifa's most famous people. One of these houses is the home of Farahia and Shmuel Segal at 24 Jerusalem Street, a building with a unique appearance.

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The house of Farahia (nee Todros) and Shmuel Segal was built in 1924-1926 by the contractor Wilbuszowitz, according to the plans of the Tel Aviv architect Joseph Berlin

Shmuel Segal He was deputy director of the PICA (Jewish Settlement Company in Palestine), founded by Baron Rothschild. In addition, he was a delegate to the first assembly of the Yishuv and also a member of the committee of the young "Hadar Carmel" neighborhood. As we recall, Hadar Carmel was established in 1922, as a "Garden City", according to the plan of Richard Kaufman, similar to his plan for the Bat Galim neighborhood.

The house is built of stone, designed in an eclectic (small) style that combines design elements from different cultures, and its appearance resembles a castle. On the street front, round marble columns and a unique gable stand out, giving the building the appearance of a Tuscan villa. The multi-pitched roof is covered with red tiles and topped with a cuckoo window. The tall, rectangular windows emphasize the vertical dimension of the building.

Joseph Berlin (1877-1952)

Joseph Berlin, architect of Beit Segal, was born in the city of Mogilev (now Belarus) and studied architecture in St. Petersburg, where he also began his professional career. In 1921, he immigrated to Israel with his wife, Miriam, later a renowned sculptor in her own right, and the couple settled in Tel Aviv.

In 1922, Berlin founded the "Association of Engineers and Architects of Palestine" (later the "Association of Engineers and Architects"). He often designed in an eclectic (small) style in which he combined neoclassical elements, which he particularly loved (such as round columns, gables) with modern elements, as in Beit Segal. The bulk of his work, over 100 buildings, was designed in Tel Aviv, among which we should mention: the Mughrabi Cinema, the "Haaretz" printing house and the Ohel Moed synagogue. As mentioned, in Haifa, Berlin designed Beit Segal, the only one he designed in stone, in "tubza" (rough masonry), to match the other buildings in its vicinity.

Gedalyahu Wilbuschevich (1865-1943)

Gedaliah Wilbuschevich, who built Beit Segal, was an engineer and architect who also engaged in construction, one of the pioneers of Hebrew construction and industry in Palestine.

He was born in the city of Grodno (now Belarus). He received his training as an engineer at the Higher Technical School in Berlin. He immigrated to Israel in 1892, as part of the first aliyah. During World War I, he was drafted into the Turkish army and served as chief engineer of the Ottoman army headquarters in Damascus. At the request of the Ottoman government, he prepared a plan for the modernization of the city of Damascus.

As an engineer, he participated in the construction of buildings in Haifa. The Technion וThe Real School In honor of the architect's plans Alexander BrewaldAmong Wilbuschevich's construction plants in Haifa, besides Beit Segal and Beit Itin in Hadar, we can mention the Electric Company Buildings and you Haifa Central Train Station (later "The Eight").

Another detail worth noting: His younger sister was the Zionist activist. stock slaughter

Is Beit Segal the last stone house hewn by Jews?

According to the testimony of Eli S.T. (Pure Sephardi), born in Haifa, the stonework at Beit Segal was carried out by a group of Jewish stonemasons under the direction of his father, Shmuel Yosef S.T., who was the head of the stonemason section of the Haifa Workers' Council. Shmuel Segal acquired the stonemasonry trade in Poland, where he carved stone tombstones for cemeteries. According to Eli S.T., Beit Segal was probably the last of the stone houses to be carved by Jews, at least in Haifa and its surroundings.

Beit Segal (Illustration by Dr. David Bar On)
Beit Segal (Illustration by Dr. David Bar On)

Building preservation

Segal House, which currently serves as a shelter for a protected population, was declared a "building for preservation" by the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel and the Municipality of Haifa, as evidenced by the blue sign installed in front of it.

The round marble columns and the gable above them are the hallmarks of this unique building in Haifa.

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  1. I am writing from Tuscany…..the structure is certainly worthy, it is eclectic, but it has nothing Tuscan about it except for the ideal connection of the Renaissance to the architecture of classical styles.

  2. It's amazing. At the time, they built houses with extraordinary love and understanding. I wish my children, my grandchildren, and myself had a house like that. The construction was meticulous and perfect with the best materials available. In recent years, and even more so, the construction that is supposedly legal is mostly not good. I've seen a lot of articles about people who bought a new apartment from a contractor with all their money and had terrible problems in the apartment that we'll never know about.

  3. In Haifa, on Jerusalem Street, worked the son of Joseph Berlin – Zeev Berlin, who was born in Tel Aviv. He studied architecture in Brussels, returned to Israel in 1931 and joined the office of his father, Joseph Berlin. In 1936, he moved to Haifa and opened an independent office there. The buildings built by the father and son in Tel Aviv show the influence of modernism that he absorbed during his studies in Belgium. Prominent among them are the Rubensky House on the corner of Rothschild Boulevard and Mazeh Street and the Haaretz newspaper building on Mazeh Street 56 – both were built in 1932 in the International Style.

    • There are lovely archive photos of the mason team completing the building from the spring of 1926. If you search for the address and the name of the mason, Shmuel Set, it comes up.

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