{"nrhp_refnum":"01000578","name":"Hebrew Congregation of Mountaindale Synagogue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 55","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mountaindale","county":"Sullivan County","state":"NY","lat":41.68846697300006,"lon":-74.53030924399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame, stucco-clad synagogue on NY 55 in the hamlet of Mountaindale, Sullivan County, New York, built c1915-1917 with a vestibule added c1930, plus a small adjacent mikveh built in 1940.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a representative example of an early twentieth-century regional vernacular synagogue in Sullivan County, with a distinctive sanctuary and marbleized interior finishes. It also documents the growth of Mountaindale's Jewish community tied to the resort economy. The mikveh is described as a very rare surviving example of its type in the Catskills.","narrative":"Set at the eastern edge of Mountaindale's business district in Sullivan County, this synagogue was built c1915-1917 to serve the hamlet's growing Jewish community. It is a wood-frame building clad in stucco, with a pyramid-roofed rear pavilion, a gabled middle section and a vestibule added c1930 whose parapet carries a metal Star of David. Inside, a traditional orthodox plan places the bimah at the center, with a gallery for women's seating. The vaulted pressed-metal ceiling and vivid marbleized posts, railings and panels give the sanctuary its character. A small stucco-and-novelty-siding mikveh, or ritual bath, built in 1940 stands beside it and is described as a rare survivor in the Catskills. Mountaindale grew as a railroad-served resort area after the 1870s, and Jewish visitors and residents arrived from about 1900. The two buildings were listed for their architecture and for what they reveal about that community's social history.","period_of_significance":"c1915-c1940","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"no style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in religious use; the original windows were replaced c1995 with matching new frames, and the original marbleizing was restored in the 1970s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.061439-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000578.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000578/24ca3f1bf0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000578/24ca3f1bf0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hebrew_Congregation_of_Mountaindale_Synagogue.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hebrew_Congregation_of_Mountaindale_Synagogue.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322371","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Congregation_of_Mountaindale_Synagogue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5695841"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/sullivan-county/hebrew-congregation-of-mountaindale-synagogue-01000578/"}