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Photograph of Temple Emanu-El
Photograph by Jim.henderson, CC0 1.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Temple Emanu-El

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“Temple Emanu-El is a Conservative synagogue located in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States. Designed by Pelcher and Zobel and constructed in 1907, the synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.”

Wikipedia article Temple Emanu-El (Staten Island), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for Richmond County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 984 Post Ave., Staten Island, 10302
  • When was it listed? August 2007
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Staten Island
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 07000778 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1898 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Temple Emanu-El, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Temple Emanu-El, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

1,672 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,672 fires within 5 miles of Temple Emanu-El between 1992 and 2020, burning about 819 acres in total. 177 started naturally. 106 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1170
Natural177
Arson/incendiarism106
Smoking78
Equipment and vehicle use51
Debris and open burning37
Fireworks25
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Temple Emanu-El: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Kaolin, REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Georgia Kaolin/ Elizabeth, N.J.KaolinUnknown
Varlacoid Chemical/Elizabeth, N.J.REEUnknown
Cooper & Hewitt MineIronPast Producer
Iron Oxide Crppigments/ElizabethIronPast Producer
New Dorp MineIronPast Producer
Seneca Coal/ Elizabeth, N.J.IronUnknown
Tyson MineIronPast Producer
Tyson's Mine & 2 Additional MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Maps showing this location

17 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Reformed Church on Staten Island0.5 miles2005
Scott-Edwards House0.6 miles1983
West Brighton Plaza0.8 miles2024
Richmond Terrace Cemeteries0.8 miles2016
Immanuel Union Church0.8 miles2018
Calvary Presbyterian Church1.1 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07000778 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Richmond CountyAll 63 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.