Rosenhayn Synagogue

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Rosenhayn Synagogue
Religion
Affiliation Orthodox Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Synagogue
StatusActive
Location
Location600 Garton Road, Rosenhayn, New Jersey
CountryUnited States
USA New Jersey relief location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location in New Jersey
Geographic coordinates 39°28′31″N75°07′47″W / 39.4754°N 75.1297°W / 39.4754; -75.1297
Architecture
Date established1888 (as a congregation)
Completedc.1898
Materials Timber; clapboard
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Rosenhayn Synagogue, commonly called Garton Road Shul, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Rosenhayn, New Jersey, in the United States. Completed in 1898, the synagogue is one of fewer than 100 surviving nineteenth century synagogues in the United States. [2] [1]

It has been taken care of by the Ostroff family of Cumberland County, NJ. [3]

The wooden, gabled, clapboard building was erected by a local Jewish agricultural colony, [4] [5] with historical links to Jews from Soviet Russia and Ukraine. [6]

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