{"nrhp_refnum":"84003653","name":"Temple on the Heights","other_names":["The Civic"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3130 Mayfield Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland Heights","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.51599882100004,"lon":-81.57220185099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former synagogue at 3130 Mayfield Road in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, built in 1925-27 with a west wing added in 1956-59. It was designed by Charles R. Greco for Congregation B'nai Jeshurun.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be significant as an emblem of the growth and eastward movement of Cleveland's Jewish population, as told through Congregation B'nai Jeshurun. It is also one of only two examples in Cleveland of religious architecture by Boston architect Charles R. Greco. Its conventional Neo-Byzantine design is contrasted with Greco's more eclectic temple for the Reform Tifereth Israel congregation, reflecting the religious diversity of Cleveland's Jews.","narrative":"Built in 1925-27 on Mayfield Road in Cleveland Heights, Temple on the Heights is a large brick, stone and pre-cast concrete synagogue designed by Boston architect Charles R. Greco. Its eclectic look draws on Byzantine, Romanesque and Mission themes, with a red terra cotta tile roof, a twelve-sided banded dome over a square sanctuary, and a five-arched entry loggia with carved capitals. A west wing was added in 1956-59. The building was the third synagogue of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, a Conservative group whose homes of worship followed Cleveland's Jewish community eastward over about a century. It is valued both for that story and as one of only two Cleveland examples of Greco's religious architecture. Its conventional Neo-Byzantine design contrasts with his more modern eclectic temple for the Reform Tifereth Israel congregation. Sold in 1980, the 110,000-square-foot building now operates as The Civic, a multi-use rental complex that also serves as a privately maintained civic center for the city.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1924-27; 1956-59)","architect_builder":"Charles R. Greco","architectural_style":"Eclectic, with Byzantine, Romanesque and Mission-style themes; described as Neo-Byzantine","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and altered; occupied. Sold in 1980 by the congregation and now marketed as The Civic, a multi-use complex rented to commercial and non-profit educational, arts and civic groups.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.564528-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84003653.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003653/f1a3ff030a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003653/f1a3ff030a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ponceesponce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P1010715_-_Temple_on_the_Heights.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ponceesponce</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:P1010715_-_Temple_on_the_Heights.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"98000072","name":"Forest Hill Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/forest-hill-park-98000072/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987743","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137714177"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/temple-on-the-heights-84003653/"}