{"nrhp_refnum":"98001621","name":"Chevro Ahavath Zion Synagogue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Cold Spring Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Monticello","county":"Sullivan County","state":"NY","lat":41.61188525100005,"lon":-74.67675970899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-01-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small two-story brick synagogue on Cold Spring Road, just south of Monticello in Sullivan County, New York, built in 1952 by Sam Greenburg to replace a 1933 wooden synagogue lost to fire.","why_significant":"It is argued to be an intact example of a mid-twentieth century synagogue and the last in Sullivan County built with the spatial layout and stylistic vocabulary of the pre-World War II type. It also reflects the settlement of eastern European Jewish farm families, later joined by boarding houses and bungalow colonies, and the congregation's choice to replicate its lost building.","narrative":"Set close to Cold Spring Road south of Monticello, this small brick synagogue sits between bungalow colonies on a parcel of less than one acre. Built in 1952, it replaced a wooden synagogue of 1933 that burned in 1951, and it follows the earlier building's foundation, size and form. Brick was chosen to reduce the risk of another fire. The sanctuary occupies the upper floor, with a recreation hall below. Windows carry Star of David motifs and colored glass, and the interior includes a Neoclassical ark topped by a pair of lions holding the Ten Commandments. The congregation was founded in 1922 by eastern European Jewish farm families who later ran boarding houses and bungalow colonies. Its listing rests on its role in that settlement story and on its design, which is the last in Sullivan County to follow the pre-World War II synagogue type. Summer residents now sustain an active congregation.","period_of_significance":"1952","architect_builder":"Sam Greenburg","architectural_style":"no style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a synagogue with an active summer congregation; the form reports a high level of integrity, with air conditioning units as the only significant change.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.944144-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/98001621.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322349","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevro_Ahavath_Zion_Synagogue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5094367"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/sullivan-county/chevro-ahavath-zion-synagogue-98001621/"}