Meserich Synagogue

415 East 6th Street | East Village | built 1910

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1841
A house is built at 415 East 6th Street for J. B. Murray
The building began in 1841 as a house for owner J. B. Murray, decades before the East Village became a center of Jewish immigrant life. It stood among blocks that would later fill with dense tenement housing on the Lower East Side.
Source: Wikipedia
1888
Immigrants from Międzyrzec Podlaski found the Meserich congregation
Jewish immigrants from the Polish town of Międzyrzec Podlaski, known as a center of Jewish learning, organized the Orthodox congregation in 1888. They named it Meserich, a Yiddish rendering of their hometown, keeping its memory alive on the Lower East Side.
Source: Wikipedia
1910
Herman Horenburger converts the house into a tenement synagogue
Architect Herman Horenburger redesigned the 1841 building in the Neo-Classical style, adding round-arched windows with stained glass and pilasters topped with Corinthian capitals. He aligned the new facade carefully with the tenements on either side so the synagogue blended into the row.
Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org
2017
March
The synagogue reopens after a renovation of its facade
After the congregation entered a 99-year ground lease with developer East River Partners in 2013, the building's historic facade was restored. The synagogue reopened for services in March 2017, continuing as an active congregation on a block otherwise reshaped by new residential development.
Source: Wikipedia

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