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Sung Tak Buddhist Temple  Landmark

architect

 

location

15 Pike St. between East Broadway and Henry St.

date

1903

style

Rundbogenstil (German round-arched neo-Romanesque) with Moorish Revival touches.

construction

Limestone, rounded sash framed arches.

type

Former Synagogue 

 

images

 

  Images thanks to David F. Gallagher http://lightningfield.com/ 

notes

Originally Congregation B'nai Israel Kalwarie. The temple occupies most of the old sanctuary with stores below and apartments above.

contact

nyc-architecture.com

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