{"nrhp_refnum":"02001396","name":"Congregation Bnai Israel Synagogue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Wagner Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fleischmanns","county":"Delaware County","state":"NY","lat":42.15541613000005,"lon":-74.53271543699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one and one-half story wood-frame synagogue on Wagner Avenue in the village of Fleischmanns, Delaware County, New York, built in 1920 by Crosby and Kelly, builders.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a distinctive example of an early twentieth-century vernacular synagogue in the Catskill region. It is also tied to the Jewish community of Fleischmanns and vicinity, a congregation founded in 1918 by farmers and merchants. Its mix of classical and Gothic motifs with colored-glass Star of David windows is noted, as is its outstanding integrity.","narrative":"Congregation Bnai Israel Synagogue is a small wood-frame house of worship on Wagner Avenue in Fleischmanns, a Catskills resort village in Delaware County, New York. Built in 1920 by the builders Crosby and Kelly, it is a one and one-half story clapboard building with a broad bracketed gable roof, Doric-style pilasters, lancet-arched windows and colored glass with central Stars of David. Inside are a vestibule, a community room created by the early 1940s, and a sanctuary with exposed wooden trusses and an elaborately carved wooden ark topped by carved lions. The congregation was incorporated in 1918 by a group of farmers and merchants who had met in homes. A local fundraising gala drew over a thousand people and raised more than $3,500 toward construction. Eighty-five members had joined by October 1920. The building is described as a typical regional vernacular synagogue, with unusual classical and Gothic details, that retains outstanding integrity and still serves an active congregation.","period_of_significance":"1920","architect_builder":"Crosby and Kelly, builders","architectural_style":"no style (vernacular synagogue type)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Retains outstanding integrity and continues to serve an active congregation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.877173-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02001396.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001396/f998ad658f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001396/f998ad658f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Congregation_Bnai_Israel_Synagogue_Apr_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Congregation_Bnai_Israel_Synagogue_Apr_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317195","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_B%27nai_Israel_Synagogue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5160593"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/delaware-county/congregation-bnai-israel-synagogue-02001396/"}