Congregation Ohab Zedek (New York City, New York)
USA /
New Jersey /
West New York /
New York City, New York /
West 95th Street, 118
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ West New York
World / United States / New York
synagogue, Moorish Revival (architecture), 1926_construction
2-story Moorish Revival style synagogue completed in 1926. Designed by Charles B. Myers, it is clad in limestone and terra-cotta with a grey granite base. The facade is symmetrical, dominated by an extremely tall round-arch in the center, at the base of which are two sets of heavy wooden double-doors with iron hinges and rivets, as well as a round-arched, screened pane in each door. A set of granite steps narrows as it approaches the doorway, nestled between rounded corners of the ends of the base, both of which have a secondary entrance with wooden double-doors below peaked pediments of grey granite. There is a small, round window above each of these.
The main doors are framed by a trio of slender pillars with stylized capitals, and above each set of doors is a transom with a Star of David in the middle, surmounted by bands of foliate ornament. The doorway is separated from the upper part of the arch by a panel of intricate terra-cotta ornament depicting vines. Above there are five vertical panels of terra-cotta in Moorish patterns, each surrounding a small, narrow window of leaded-glass. At the top of the arch is a stained-glass rose window with a Star of David at its center. The entire arch is framed by four layers of moldings with different decorative designs.
At the ends of the facade, above the round windows and secondary entrances, is another pair of horizontal terra-cotta bands with vine ornament matching that above the main entrance. Above these are very tall and narrow windows of leaded-glass with rounded tops. The roof line is rounded to follow the form of the grand central arch.
The interior of the building features magnificent Mudéjar style plasterwork.
Congregation Ohab Zedek was founded in 1873 on the Lower East Side. It the moved to 70 Columbia Street in 1881, 172 Norfolk Street in 1886, and a monumental building on 116th Street in 1907. The congregation moved to this location in 1926.
The main doors are framed by a trio of slender pillars with stylized capitals, and above each set of doors is a transom with a Star of David in the middle, surmounted by bands of foliate ornament. The doorway is separated from the upper part of the arch by a panel of intricate terra-cotta ornament depicting vines. Above there are five vertical panels of terra-cotta in Moorish patterns, each surrounding a small, narrow window of leaded-glass. At the top of the arch is a stained-glass rose window with a Star of David at its center. The entire arch is framed by four layers of moldings with different decorative designs.
At the ends of the facade, above the round windows and secondary entrances, is another pair of horizontal terra-cotta bands with vine ornament matching that above the main entrance. Above these are very tall and narrow windows of leaded-glass with rounded tops. The roof line is rounded to follow the form of the grand central arch.
The interior of the building features magnificent Mudéjar style plasterwork.
Congregation Ohab Zedek was founded in 1873 on the Lower East Side. It the moved to 70 Columbia Street in 1881, 172 Norfolk Street in 1886, and a monumental building on 116th Street in 1907. The congregation moved to this location in 1926.
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Coordinates: 40°47'32"N 73°58'8"W
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