Beth Joseph Synagogue

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“Beth Joseph Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and historic synagogue, located in Tupper Lake, Franklin County, New York, in the United States. The synagogue is open only in the summer months; and it houses a small Jewish museum.”
Wikipedia article Beth Joseph Synagogue, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 86 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 1988 · 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.
Listed as. Joseph, Beth, Synagogue - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Lake and Mill Sts., Tupper Lake, 12986
When was it listed? September 1988
Category. building
Town. Tupper Lake town
National Register reference number. 88001441 - 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

1904 to 1999

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Beth Joseph Synagogue, surveyed 1999

Topographic sheet covering Beth Joseph Synagogue, surveyed 1904

Fires near this property

55 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Beth Joseph Synagogue between 1998 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined	29
Recreation and ceremony	7
Arson/incendiarism	5
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Debris and open burning	3
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
28 September 2000	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
24 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.1 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
24 September 2003	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
23 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
17 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
31 August 2018	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	SIMON POND FIRE
22 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
22 August 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	TROMBLEYS

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beth Joseph Synagogue: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Gales Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this property

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tupper Lake, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2011	Flood	Tupper Lake	$3,000,000	Runoff from heavy rain and snowmelt caused flooding on the Raquette River. In Tupper Lake Village, homes were surrounded by water, forcing evacuations. Route 3 was flooded in the Village and between Tupper Lake Village and Wawbeek. Flooding continued into May.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Tupper Lake	$25,000	no account filed
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Tupper Lake	$20,000	Trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds.
June 1997	Lightning	Tupper Lake	$20,000	no account filed
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Tupper Lake	$10,000	Several trees downed by thunderstorms winds.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Tupper Lake	$10,000	no account filed
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Tupper Lake	$10,000	no account filed
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Tupper Lake	$10,000	no account filed
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Tupper Lake	$5,000	no account filed
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Tupper Lake	$5,000	no account filed
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Tupper Lake	$5,000	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Tupper Lake	$5,000	no account filed
November 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Tupper Lake	$3,000	Several reports of trees down, including State routes 3 and 30.
May 2012	Hail	Tupper Lake	-	Quarter size hail reported.
June 2004	Hail	Tupper Lake	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Tupper Lake	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Tupper Lake	-	no account filed
August 2001	Hail	Tupper Lake	-	no account filed
August 1998	Hail	Tupper Lake	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin County

Maps showing this location

9 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.

1904 USGS Long Lake quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Long Lake quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:25000 - 2 printings
1985 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
1999 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:25000

Listed places nearby

5 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Oval Wood Dish Factory	0.8 miles	2021
The Moorings	4.0 miles	2025
Prospect Point Camp	7.1 miles	1986
Eagle Island Camp	7.4 miles	1987
Moss Ledge	7.7 miles	1986

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88001441 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Franklin County	All 86 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.