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CityNew YorkStateNY

Historical NameTemple Emanu-El

Year Built1929
Building TypeSynagogue

Address840 Fifth Avenue

Current Namesynagogue

Name of Builder 1Robert D.Kohn

Name of Builder 2Chas.Butler

Name of Builder 3ClarenceStrin

ListingUpper East Side Historic District, 5/19/81

DescriptionWith a seating capacity of 2500 this Romanesque-Byzantine edifice is monumental. The Rose

window Gothic in design is located above the main entrance. The stain glass designed in twelve

 tribes. The four stained glass windows in the main auditorium depict historic synagogues.

StyleRomanesque-Byzantine

Bibliography

SignificanceOrganized in 1845, this is New York's first Reform congregation and this building is the largest

Reform Temple in the world.

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