{"nrhp_refnum":"07000778","name":"Temple Emanu-El","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"984 Post Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Staten Island","county":"Staten Island","state":"NY","lat":40.632274866000046,"lon":-74.13369009999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-08-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","European","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame synagogue with a dome, built in 1907 at 984 Post Avenue in Port Richmond, Staten Island, together with a 1928 Education Building beside it.","why_significant":"The synagogue served the social and spiritual needs of Port Richmond's largely Eastern European Jewish immigrant community. It is also an intact early-20th-century synagogue, unusual among New York synagogues because it is of frame rather than masonry construction. Its classical temple front and dome combine with Jewish symbols, and the 1928 Art Deco Education Building reflects the congregation's growth.","narrative":"Temple Emanu-El is a synagogue complex at 984 Post Avenue in Port Richmond, Staten Island. The main building, completed in 1907, is a two-story frame structure with a cross-gable roof, a two-column classical porch and a copper-clad dome on a tall octagonal drum. Architect Harry W. Pelcher designed it for a congregation of largely Eastern European immigrants, who reportedly wanted a design recalling Solomon's Temple. Tablets of the Ten Commandments fill the pediment, and a Star of David appears in the facade window and atop the dome. Inside, the ark replicates the building's front. A three-story Art Deco Education Building, added in 1928, stands to the west. The property was listed for its role in the social, ethnic and religious history of Port Richmond's Jewish community and for its architecture. Frame construction with original wood shingles sets it apart from the masonry synagogues common elsewhere in New York City, even though aluminum siding now covers some original details.","period_of_significance":"1907-1928","architect_builder":"Pelcher, Harry W.; Zobel, Frederick C.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility; the synagogue basement classrooms are now used as a food pantry.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.64007-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07000778.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000778/5ab1aff1ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000778/5ab1aff1ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temple_Emanu-El_Pt_Richmond_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temple_Emanu-El_Pt_Richmond_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321409","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Emanu-El_(Staten_Island)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7698522"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/staten-island/temple-emanu-el-07000778/"}