CONTEMPORARY NY
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BnosYakov of Pupa /originally Temple Beth  Elohim

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location

274 Keap St., bet. Marcy and Division Aves. S side.

date

1876.

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notes

This Hebrew congregation was the first in Brooklyn, dating from 1851. Ruskinian Gothic polychromy in brick and painted brownstone, terra-cotta, stained glass, and tile. Note the lush ironwork gates.

 

 

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  with thanks to "The AIA Guide to New York",