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United States historic place Restored stained glass window Reading the Book of Esther on Purim 2007 at Bialystoker The Bialystoker Synagogue at 7–11 Bialystoker Place, also known as Willett Street, between Grand and Broome Streets in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue .1 The building was constructed in 1826 as the Willett Street Methodist Episcopal Church ; the synagogue purchased the building in 1905. The synagogue was designated a New York City Landmark in 1966. It is one of only four early-19th century fieldstone religious buildings surviving from the late Federal period in Lower Manhattan , and is the oldest building used as a synagogue in New York City. National Register of Historic Places . Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.).
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The Bialystoker Synagogue at 7-11 Willett Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan , New York City , New York State is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue . The physical building is registered as an historic landmark. National Register of Historic Places .
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The Bialystoker Synagogue at 7-11 Bialystoker Place, formerly Willett Street, between Grand and Broome Streets in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue .The building was constructed in 1826 as the Willett Street Methodist Episcopal Church ; the synagogue purchased the building in 1905.The synagogue was designated a New York City Landmark in 1966.It is one of only four early-19th century fieldstone religious buildings surviving from the late Federal period in Lower Manhattan, and is the oldest building used as a synagogue in New York City. National Register of Historic Places . Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.).
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United States historic place Restored stained glass window Reading the Book of Esther on Purim 2007 at Bialystoker The Bialystoker Synagogue at 7–11 Bialystoker Place, formerly Willett Street, between Grand and Broome Streets in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue . The building was constructed in 1826 as the Willett Street Methodist Episcopal Church ; the synagogue purchased the building in 1905. The synagogue was designated a New York City Landmark in 1966. It is one of only four early-19th century fieldstone religious buildings surviving from the late Federal period in Lower Manhattan, and is the oldest building used as a synagogue in New York City. National Register of Historic Places . Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.).
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The Bialystoker Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue at 7–11 Bialystoker Place (also known as Willett Street ) on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City , New York, United States. The building was constructed in 1826 as the Willett Street Methodist Episcopal Church; the synagogue purchased the building in 1905. The synagogue was designated a New York City Landmark in 1966. It is one of only four early-19th century fieldstone religious buildings surviving from the late Federal period in Lower Manhattan, and is the oldest building used as a synagogue in New York City. National Register of Historic Places . Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.).
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orthodox jewish synagogue at 7–11 bialystoker place
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