 Louis Finegold, a local merchant, was the first President of the synagogue.In 1911, the synagogue had a membership of 40 families.The synagogue was first built, at a land and construction cost of approximately $1,000, as a small (32' x 50') wooden structure on the corner of First Street and Center Street in Freehold between 1911 and 1916, by the Freehold Hebrew Association, which had been established in 1894.