{"nrhp_refnum":"02001357","name":"Congregation Tifereth Israel","other_names":["Home Street Synagogue","Congregation Independent Chevra Tyfers Israel Anschai Corona"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109-18 and 109-20 54th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Corona","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.74229958400008,"lon":-73.85296930999993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","European","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A synagogue and an adjoining rabbi's residence at 109-18 and 109-20 54th Avenue in Corona, Queens, New York. The synagogue was built in 1911 and the rabbi's house in 1922.","why_significant":"The synagogue is significant under Criterion A for ethnic heritage and religion as one of the few early 20th-century synagogues surviving in Queens, built when the borough's Jewish population was small. It is significant under Criterion C as an intact vernacular synagogue that adapted the narrow Lower East Side type to its lot, with Moorish and Judaic ornament.","narrative":"Tucked among single-family houses on 54th Avenue in Corona, Queens, this property includes a 1911 synagogue and a 1922 rabbi's residence. The congregation was organized in 1907 by Jews who had moved from other parts of New York City, and was named for its neighborhood, \"People of Corona.\" The wood-framed synagogue, now stuccoed, has a three-part facade, pointed and round-arched windows, Star of David glazing and ogee-shaped tower caps. Inside are a long sanctuary, a central bimah, an elaborate wooden ark and a surrounding women's gallery with faux-marble detailing. The brick rabbi's house holds the remains of two ritual baths. The property was listed for its rarity: when it was built, Queens had few Jewish residents, and today it is among the oldest surviving synagogues in the borough. Its design follows the narrow Lower East Side type, and it has been used continuously as a synagogue since construction.","period_of_significance":"1911-1952","architect_builder":"Varrone, Crescent L.","architectural_style":"No style (early 20th-century American vernacular synagogue with Moorish ornamentation)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Continues to function as a synagogue, serving a congregation of recently arrived Bukharan Jews; the rabbi's house contains abandoned mikvehs.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.078123-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02001357.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001357/1b4b593cc0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001357/1b4b593cc0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Peter Greenberg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Congregation_Tifereth_Israel,_Corona,_Queens,_New_York.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Greenberg</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Congregation_Tifereth_Israel,_Corona,_Queens,_New_York.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321070","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_Tifereth_Israel_(Queens)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5160685"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/congregation-tifereth-israel-02001357/"}