{"nrhp_refnum":"80002687","name":"Eldridge Street Synagogue","other_names":["Synagogue K'hal Adath Jeshurun with Anshe Lubz"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"12-16 Eldridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.714740373500035,"lon":-73.99346596598758,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-28","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1996-06-19","areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A synagogue at 12-16 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, built in 1886-1887 and designed by Herter Brothers, Architects.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the most impressive and one of the most representative monuments of Jewish culture on the Lower East Side. It was the first great house of worship in the area built by East European Ashkenazic Jews during the immigrant influx. Its hybrid Gothic, Romanesque and Moorish facade was unique locally, and the commission was pivotal for the Herter brothers' careers.","narrative":"Located at 12-16 Eldridge Street in Manhattan, this synagogue was built in 1886-1887 for a congregation formed from two earlier groups, Beth Hamedrash and Holche Josher Wizaner. Peter and Frank Herter of Herter Brothers designed a brick and terra-cotta facade that blends Gothic organization, Romanesque mass and Moorish horseshoe arches, with twin stair towers and a large rose window. Inside, a two-story main hall follows the traditional Orthodox plan, with women's galleries on three sides, marbleized plaster, painted ceiling domes and brass lighting fixtures. The building was the first great house of worship on the Lower East Side built by East European Ashkenazic Jews, at a time when most New York synagogues occupied former churches or small halls. It was meant to show the strength of the new congregation. The commission also established the Herters' reputation, and they went on to design more than fifty local tenements between 1887 and 1893.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Herter Brothers, Architects (Peter and Frank Herter)","architectural_style":"Hybrid of Gothic, Romanesque and Moorish Revival forms","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, with its condition given as deteriorated but unaltered and on its original site; it remains in religious use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.647328-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002687.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002687/f0839fceaa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002687/f0839fceaa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Alexisrael","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eldridge_Street_Synagogue_Front.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexisrael</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:Eldridge_Street_Synagogue_Front.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00001015","name":"Lower East Side Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/lower-east-side-historic-district-00001015/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319463","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_Street_Synagogue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1113721"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/eldridge-street-synagogue-80002687/"}