The Maplewood Avenue building was the Beth Samuel congregation's first permanent home. Previously, the congregation had met in homes, businesses, and the old Ambridge library at 462 Maplewood Avenue.
Nancy Bohinsky Knisley grew up in Ambridge in the 1950s and 1960s. She is the creator of Ambridge Memories, a blog dedicated to local history from 1950 to 1970.