{"nrhp_refnum":"88001441","name":"Joseph, Beth, Synagogue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Lake and Mill Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tupper Lake","county":"Franklin County","state":"NY","lat":44.22464371600006,"lon":-74.46476681899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story frame synagogue at the corner of Lake and Mill Streets in Tupper Lake, Franklin County, New York, built 1905-1906 (the description gives 1900 but the significance section gives 1906), with an adjoining rabbi's residence built 1906-1910.","why_significant":"It is described as the oldest synagogue in the Adirondacks and a distinctive, intact early twentieth century Jewish house of worship, a rare type in the region. It combines traditional synagogue design features with local wood building traditions, and it was funded by both local residents and wealthy summering Jewish families. The surviving rabbi's house adds to its significance.","narrative":"Beth Joseph Synagogue is a wood-frame house of worship at Lake and Mill Streets in Tupper Lake, one block west of the village business district. Construction began in 1905 and finished in 1906, after the congregation bought the lot in 1903. The building has a false-front facade framed by engaged corner towers topped with Stars of David, a rose window, and clapboard siding. Inside, a pine-wainscoted worship hall holds simple pews, a women's gallery, and a carved wooden Ark with Corinthian columns. A rabbi's residence, built between 1906 and 1910, stands on the same lot. Funding came from Jewish and Christian local residents and from wealthy Jewish families who summered in the Tupper-Saranac region. The nomination calls it the oldest synagogue in the Adirondacks and notes that it blends traditional synagogue design with Adirondack wood-building practice. Both buildings retain a high degree of original design and materials.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1906)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site; used for religious purposes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.516453-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88001441.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001441/ab12dc0fab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001441/ab12dc0fab-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beth_Joseph_Synagogue,_Tupper_Lake,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mwanner</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:Beth_Joseph_Synagogue,_Tupper_Lake,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93001451","name":"New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/new-york-central-railroad-adirondack-division-historic-district-93001451/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317832","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Joseph_Synagogue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4897553"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/franklin-county/joseph-beth-synagogue-88001441/"}