| Beth Joseph Synagogue | |
|---|---|
 The synagogue, in 2008 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism |
| Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | |
| Status | Active(summer only) |
| Location | |
| Location | 59 Lake Street,Tupper Lake,New York 12986 |
| Country | United States |
  Location in theAdirondacks,New York | |
| Coordinates | 44°13′29″N74°27′55″W / 44.22472°N 74.46528°W /44.22472; -74.46528 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | Italianate |
| Established | c. 1890s(as a congregation) |
| Completed | 1905 |
| Materials | Clapboard; timber frame |
| Website | |
| bethjosephtupperlake | |
Beth Joseph Synagogue | |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001441 |
| Added to NRHP | September 1, 1988 |
| [1] | |
Beth Joseph Synagogue is aJewish congregation and historicsynagogue, located inTupper Lake,Franklin County,New York, in the United States. The synagogue is open only in the summer months; and it houses a smallJewish museum. The congregation has traditionally practiced in theAshkenazirite.
As a congregation, Beth Joseph was established in the late 1800s byYiddish–speaking Eastern European Jewish immigrants, including those fromRussia andLithuania, who werepeddlers, and wealthyGerman Jews from New York City, who took summer vacations in the area.[2] By 1899 the Jewish community acquired land to build a synagogue and in the summer of that year, before construction began, a major fire devastated many of buildings in Tupper Lake. The new synagogue building, completed in 1905, was part of a building resurgence.[3]
The synagogue building was built in 1906, and is a2+1⁄2-story, three-bay by five-bay, vernacularItalianate style frame building. It is sheathed inclapboard and has a false front that hides a steep gable roof. The frontfaçade features a "sun dial" arch androse window, round arched windows, and square corner towers.[4]: 2, 4–5
Decling membership forced the synagogue to close in 1963,[3][2] and it was restored and reopened from the mid-1980s, for summer services only.[3]
It is theoldest congregation in theAdirondack Mountains.
The synagogue building was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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