Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx

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Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx
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Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx, September 2015
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Location1115 Ward Ave., Bronx, New York
Coordinates 40°49′36″N73°52′37″W / 40.82667°N 73.87694°W / 40.82667; -73.87694
Area0.12 acres (0.049 ha)
Built1924 (1924)-1932
ArchitectPaul Lubroth
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
NRHP reference No. 14000934 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 2014

Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx was a synagogue located at 1115 Ward Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. The building was constructed between 1928 and 1932, and is a three-story, vernacular Romanesque Revival style. It has a plastic slate roof and yellow brick front façade with red brick and cast-stone accents. The front facade features a set of seven round-arch lancet stained-glass windows separated by wreathed cast-stone columns. In 1979, the synagogue sold the building to the Green Pasture Baptist Church, which has occupied the building since then. [2] :5

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1] [3]

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References

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  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2015-12-01.Note: This includes Jonathan Taylor (August 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs
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