{"nrhp_refnum":"97001193","name":"B'nai Israel Synagogue and Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"210 S. Crawford St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Thomasville","county":"Thomas County","state":"GA","lat":30.85183902700004,"lon":-83.98756839199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-10-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, gable-front Romanesque Revival brick synagogue built in 1913 at 210 South Crawford Street in Thomasville, Georgia, together with a Jewish cemetery of about one acre on Vine Street established in 1909.","why_significant":"The synagogue and cemetery are argued to be significant for religion, as among the few resources representing the long Jewish presence in Thomasville. The synagogue is also significant for architecture as one of only two Romanesque Revival synagogues in Georgia. It is the most intact surviving pre-World War II Orthodox synagogue in the state, with the bimah orientation and women's gallery reflecting Orthodox practice.","narrative":"B'nai Israel Synagogue is a small, one-story brick house of worship on South Crawford Street in Thomasville, Georgia, built in 1913 and designed in the Romanesque Revival style. It has round-arched windows, brick pilasters, a corbel table, and a later pedimented entry on Tuscan columns. Inside are a sanctuary, a rear gallery originally built for women, and a social hall that replaced a ritual bath in 1948. About one acre of Jewish cemetery on Vine Street, established in 1909, is part of the property and holds roughly 90 burials. Both were created as Thomasville's Jewish community grew, especially with Eastern European arrivals in the early 1900s. The synagogue is considered the most intact surviving pre-World War II Orthodox synagogue in Georgia, and one of only two in the state built in the Romanesque Revival style. Together the synagogue and cemetery represent the growth of a Jewish community whose roots in the town reach back to the 1840s. Both remain in use.","period_of_significance":"c.1909-1947","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Late Victorian: Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Both the synagogue and cemetery remain in use; the synagogue holds periodic services led by a visiting rabbi, and the cemetery is active.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.2608-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/97001193.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001193/4097bb8e87-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001193/4097bb8e87-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B%27nai_Israel_Synagogue_-_Thomasville.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:B%27nai_Israel_Synagogue_-_Thomasville.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209611","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%27nai_Israel_Synagogue_and_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30621873"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/thomas-county/bnai-israel-synagogue-and-cemetery-97001193/"}