297 East 3rd Street
East Village | built 1900
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1903
A Hungarian Jewish congregation builds a synagogue on the site
In 1903 architects Ebeling & Meyer designed a synagogue at 297 East 3rd Street for Congregation Chevra Bachurim Anshe Ungarn, an association of young men from the Hungarian community. The original facade had a peaked roof with a dentilated cornice and a central entrance with a classical surround, topped by a half-round window. The building has since been altered, but it still has the opening for that window.
- 1953
Congregation B'nei Menashe Moishe Zwee alters the synagogue's facade
The interior of the 1903 synagogue at 297 East 3rd Street was altered in 1916. In 1953 the facade was altered by Congregation Chevra Bachurim B'nei Menashe Moishe Zwee.
Further reading
- 295 East 3rd StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
- 297 East 3rd StreetVillage Preservation: East Village Building Blocks
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