{"nrhp_refnum":"02001116","name":"Stanton Street Shul","other_names":["Congregation Bnai Jacob Anschei Brzezan","Congregation Bnai Joseph Anschei Brzezan"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"180 Stanton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.72022161500007,"lon":-73.98395696999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-10-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","European","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story buff brick synagogue at 180 Stanton Street on New York City's Lower East Side, built in 1913 for Congregation Bnai Jacob Anschei Brzezan. It fills its entire lot among five- and six-story tenements.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A for ethnic heritage and religion as one of the few surviving early 20th century \"tenement synagogues\" on the Lower East Side. It is significant under Criterion C as an intact vernacular synagogue adapted to the narrow 20-by-100-foot tenement lot. It also reflects the Eastern European Jewish immigrant community, here from Brzezany in Galicia.","narrative":"Built in 1913 at 180 Stanton Street on the Lower East Side, this three-story synagogue was created for Congregation Bnai Jacob Anschei Brzezan, founded in 1894 by immigrants from Brzezany in Galicia. Its buff brick facade has cast-stone piers, a pediment with egg-and-dart molding, a Hebrew inscription and Star of David windows. Inside, a second-floor vestibule leads to a long, narrow sanctuary with pressed-metal ceilings, side galleries, a wooden ark and twelve murals of the Hebrew months shown as zodiac signs. The building fits the 20-by-100-foot lot typical of the tenement blocks where its congregants lived. Hundreds of such synagogues once served the neighborhood, and it is now one of only a dozen or so still functioning there. It was listed for its role in the area's Jewish immigrant history and as an intact example of vernacular synagogue design. It has remained in continuous use as a synagogue since construction.","period_of_significance":"1913-1952","architect_builder":"Sheinart, Louis A.","architectural_style":"No style (early 20th century American vernacular synagogue design combining classical ornamentation with Judaic influence)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still functions as a synagogue and has been continuously maintained as one since 1913; retains a high degree of integrity, with some repainting of murals and partial replacement of original colored glass.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.921013-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02001116.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001116/30ead6020a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001116/30ead6020a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stanton-street-shul-180-stanton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stanton-street-shul-180-stanton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319957","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanton_Street_Synagogue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7600277"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/stanton-street-shul-02001116/"}