{"nrhp_refnum":"10000114","name":"Temple Sherith Israel","other_names":["Temple Israel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2266 California St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.78936226800005,"lon":-122.43186251699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-03-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Law","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large domed synagogue at 2266 California Street, at Webster Street, in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, completed in 1905 and designed by architect Albert Pissis.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as a major example of Beaux Arts design that mixes Byzantine and Romanesque imagery, with a high dome and richly decorated interior. Its great west window of Moses at Yosemite is described as a masterpiece of American stained glass. The interior decoration was by artist Attilio Moretti. Despite some alterations, the building retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Temple Sherith Israel is a domed synagogue on a ridge in San Francisco's Pacific Heights, at California and Webster streets. Finished in 1905 to designs by Albert Pissis, it combines brick walls clad in sandstone with an interior steel cage that carries the dome, roof and galleries. Its style blends Byzantine and Romanesque imagery arranged according to Beaux Arts principles of symmetry and logical circulation. Visitors move from a richly stenciled vestibule up marble stairs to a foyer and a nearly square sanctuary open to the top of the dome, where daylight, colored glass and over a thousand electric bulbs light painted and frescoed plaster surfaces and the carved Ark wall. Interior decoration was the work of artist Attilio Moretti. A large west window depicting Moses at Yosemite is singled out as a masterpiece of American stained glass. Alterations include a painted exterior, a 1935 elevator addition and remodeled ground-floor rooms, yet the building keeps a high degree of integrity. A later school building on the parcel is excluded from the listed property.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Albert Pissis (architect); Attilio Moretti (interior decoration)","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts, Byzantine, Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility (synagogue); some alterations include painted stone exterior, removal of iron gates and wood doors at main entry, and remodeled secondary interior spaces.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.759673-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/10000114.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000114/4a17d06735-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000114/4a17d06735-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temple_Sherith_Israel,_2266_California_St.,_San_Francisco,_CA_6-12-2011_4-34-25_PM.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:Temple_Sherith_Israel,_2266_California_St.,_San_Francisco,_CA_6-12-2011_4-34-25_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861327","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_Sherith_Israel_(San_Francisco)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5160676"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/temple-sherith-israel-10000114/"}