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features a similar roof structure including roof beams supported by low -lying <br />modern buttresses. Because of this similarity in the roof structure, a triangular <br />shape is formed enframing a stained glass window. This building is also <br />strikingly similar with its use of a portico running across the front entrance <br />supported by a series of cantilevered columns, <br />Another similar structure is St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sarasota, Florida <br />(Fig. 15) designed by renowned "Sarasota School" architect Victor Lundy in <br />1959. This structure also employs a similar roof structure and modern <br />buttresses, and includes a wood paneled interior ceiling. (Fig.16) Another <br />feature that resembles Temple B'Nai Zion is a series of window slits along the <br />side aisles of the church. Other design influences evident in the Temple B'Nai <br />Zion include Frank Lloyd Wright's last masterpiece -- Florida Southern College <br />in Lakeland, Florida, The college has the largest collection of buildings <br />designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (Fig.8) Most of the <br />structures were built during the 1940s and 50s, including a colonnaded <br />walkway that extends throughout the entire campus. <br />The design for the Florida Southern esplanade is strikingly similar to the portico <br />of the Temple B'Nai Zion, particularly in the design for the columns. Each <br />employ concrete block, tapered at an angle starting with a small triangular <br />shape at the ground and gradually increasing is size as they stack towards <br />the roof. <br />Exterior Description: <br />(Note, the connector building (D) and community center (E) ore included only <br />to complete the record, and are not recommended for historic landmark <br />designation) <br />LVUAIIUIV KtY <br />A MAIN SANCTUARY <br />B PORTICO <br />C MEMORUILTOWER <br />D CONNECTOR <br />E COMMUNITY CENTER <br />13 <br />