{"nrhp_refnum":"99001484","name":"Hunter Synagogue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hunter","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.21066067800007,"lon":-74.21553281899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-12-09","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 on Main Street (NYS Route 23A) in the Village of Hunter, Greene County, New York, built between 1909 and 1914, with a 1939 rear-side hall addition and a ca. 1910 shed.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a distinctive, intact early twentieth century Jewish house of worship, a rare type in the northern Catskills. Its design combines traditional synagogue features such as the Star of David and the facade's emphasis on pilasters and a central oculus with local wood construction and rustic resort-region detailing. It retains high integrity of design and materials, including its wainscoted interior.","narrative":"Hunter Synagogue is a wood-frame house of worship on Main Street in the Village of Hunter, Greene County, New York. Built between 1909 and 1914 with local donations, it is a two and one-half story, Queen Anne inspired building with a steep gable roof, patterned shingles in the gables, paired pedimented entrances and a stained glass oculus showing a Star of David. A single-story hall was added in 1939 using materials salvaged from the congregation's earlier synagogue of 1905. Inside, varnished matchstick oak wainscoting covers the walls and vaulted ceiling, and a carved oak Ark is topped with lions holding the Ten Commandments. A women's gallery sits above the vestibule. The property was recognized as a rare and intact Jewish house of worship in the northern Catskills, where traditional synagogue motifs were expressed through the region's abundant wood building traditions. It remains in religious use, and a ca. 1910 shed also contributes.","period_of_significance":"1909-1939","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a religious facility; the form lists the historic and current function as religious facility and describes the building as remarkably intact apart from routine maintenance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.311431-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99001484.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001484/dc61dd49b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001484/dc61dd49b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hunter_Synagogue_Hunter_NY_May_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hunter_Synagogue_Hunter_NY_May_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317980","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Synagogue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5944563"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/hunter-synagogue-99001484/"}