Temple Emanu-El

984 Post Avenue | Port Richmond | built 1931

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

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1907
Temple Emanu-El rises as a domed wooden synagogue designed by Pelcher and Zobel
Temple Emanu-El, a Conservative congregation in Port Richmond, built its synagogue in 1907 from designs by Pelcher and Zobel. The modest clapboard building is Classical Revival, with a pedimented front porch on two columns, a motif repeated inside on the Torah Ark. An octagonal drum carries a dome topped by a Star of David; the dome was first painted gold and was reportedly visible for miles.
“The dome was originally painted gold and is said to have been visible from miles away.”
Source: Wikipedia
2007
The Port Richmond synagogue joins the National Register of Historic Places
The Temple Emanu-El building joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, a century after it went up. The domed wooden synagogue, designed by Pelcher and Zobel, is home to a Conservative congregation.
“…constructed in 1907, the synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.”
Source: Wikipedia

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