{"nrhp_refnum":"99000990","name":"Tefereth Israel Anshei Parksville Synagogue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Dead End St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Parksville","county":"Sullivan County","state":"NY","lat":41.85797881900004,"lon":-74.76217038199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one and one-half story wood-frame synagogue on Dead End Street (Old NYS Route 17) in the Sullivan County hamlet of Parksville, New York, built about 1907 by Barry Weismann (also spelled Weissman).","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an intact example of an early twentieth-century synagogue in Sullivan County and one of the earliest surviving synagogues in the Catskills. Its design combines features of eastern European orthodox synagogues with regional vernacular forms and materials. It is especially distinguished by its interior, including grained pews and woodwork, a pressed-metal ceiling and an elaborate classically inspired ark.","narrative":"Built around 1907 on the west side of Parksville's old main street, this small wood-frame synagogue served the Jewish immigrants who settled in the hamlet and later the hotel guests who filled it in summer. Land was donated by a Mr. Gross, and Barry Weismann built it and made the decorative ark. Outside, it resembles many regional churches and public buildings, with a gable roof, cornice returns and round-arched windows with colored glass. Inside, a square sanctuary has a central bimah, pews on three sides and a gallery that once provided separate seating for women. Grained woodwork, an ark with marbleized columns and a pediment bearing Lions of Judah, and an original pressed-metal ceiling with Neoclassical motifs survive. It is regarded as one of the earliest surviving synagogues in the Catskills and one of roughly twenty built in Sullivan County before the early 1950s. Congregational life has declined since the resort era ended.","period_of_significance":"c1907","architect_builder":"Barry Weismann (builder; also spelled Weissman in the form); architect listed as unknown","architectural_style":"no style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Regular services have lapsed: the High Holy Days have not been held since 1997 and no discernible congregation remains, though a Hassidic community from a nearby bungalow colony uses it in summer. Exterior clapboards are covered with vinyl siding.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.419535-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99000990.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000990/965649378e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000990/965649378e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Vonsky87","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parksville_Synagogue_Parksville,_NY.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Vonsky87</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:Parksville_Synagogue_Parksville,_NY.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322423","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefereth_Israel_Anshei_Parksville_Synagogue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7694620"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/sullivan-county/tefereth-israel-anshei-parksville-synagogue-99000990/"}