United Church

764 Hewitt Place | Longwood | built 1906

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1906
The Montefiore Hebrew Congregation builds a synagogue on Hewitt Place
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In 1906 the Montefiore Hebrew Congregation built a synagogue here, designed by the Brooklyn architects Daumar & Co. By the time the Longwood Historic District was designated in 1980, the building served as the United Church, and the landmarks report praised its size and elaborate design as an asset to the district.
“Originally a synagogue, this imposing church was designed by the Brooklyn architectural firm of Daumar & Co., and was built for the Montefiore Hebrew Congregation in 1906.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1980
Landmarks report calls the onion-domed roofline the former synagogue's most striking feature
The commission's 1980 Longwood report describes a symmetrical two-story building whose central entrance sits between two side towers topped by galvanized-iron onion domes. A broad double-staircase stoop with wrought-iron rails leads to an arched porch on freestanding Doric columns, and tall arched stained-glass windows light the towers. Between the domes rises a shoulder-arched gable with a modillioned cornice, filigree ornament and a sunburst at its peak.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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