Temple Emanu-El (New York, 1868)
{{Short description|Former Reform synagogue in Manhattan, New York}}
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| location = Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street in Modtown Manhattan, New York City, New York
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| architecture_style = Moorish Revival
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| groundbreaking = 1866
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Temple Emanu-El was a large Reform Jewish synagogue located on Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Built in 1868, it was demolished in 1927.
History
In 1868, the Congregation Emanu-El of New York erected a new synagogue building for the first time, a Moorish Revival structure designed by Leopold Eidlitz, assisted by Henry Fernbach, at 43rd Street and 5th Avenue after raising about $650,000. It was demolished in 1927, and replaced by a 1930s synagogue, also called Temple Emanuel-El.{{cite book |author=Holliday, Kathryn E. |author2=Eidlitz, Leopold |author2-link=Leopold Eidlitz |title=Architecture and Idealism in the Gilded Age |location=New York |publisher=W. W. Norton |year=2008 |page=71 |isbn= }}{{cite web |author=Kates, Ariel |url=https://www.villagepreservation.org/2018/01/24/beyond-the-village-and-back-temple-emanu-el-reform-movement-builder-and-shaker/ |title=Beyond The Village and Back: Temple Emanu-El, Reform Movement Builder and Shaker |work=Village Preservation |publisher=Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation |date=January 24, 2018 |access-date=December 30, 2023 }}{{cite web |author=Berman, Andrew |url=https://www.6sqft.com/from-house-of-worship-to-nyu-dorm-the-story-of-the-east-villages-ghost-church/ |title=From house of worship to NYU dorm: The story of the East Village's 'ghost church' |work=6sqft |location=New York City |date=January 18, 2018 |access-date=December 30, 2023 }}
Gallery
Temple Emanu-El (New York, 1868) 2.jpg
Temple Emanu-El (New York, 1868) 3.jpg
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, N. Y (NYPL b12647398-69772).tiff
Temple Emanu-El (New York, 1868) interior.jpg
References
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External links
- {{cite web |url=https://emanuelnyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1860sEmanuel.jpg |title=1860s image of the former synagogue |work=Congregation Emanu-El of New York |date= }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050217063520/http://nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON025.htm]
{{Fifth Avenue}}
{{Midtown North, Manhattan}}
{{Synagogues in the United States}}
Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1927
Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan
Category:Reform synagogues in New York City
Category:Synagogues completed in 1868
Category:19th-century synagogues in the United States