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Photograph of Agudas Achim Synagogue
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Aqudas Achim Synagogue

Built in 1924. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1921.

From the record

One of 79 National Register listings published here for Sullivan County · listed in 1998 · category: Building · built in 1924.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Rock Ave., Livingston Manor, 12758
  • When was it listed? November 1998
  • Category. building
  • Town. Rockland town
  • When was it built? 1924
  • National Register reference number. 98001404 - 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.

Fires near this property

59 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Aqudas Achim Synagogue between 1998 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this property

20 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Livingston Manor, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2017FloodLivingston Manor$50,000Minor flooding at the confluence of the Little Beaver Kill, and the Willowemoc Creek occurred along Pearl and Main Streets. Flooding is typical in these areas during moderate to heavy rainfall.
August 2004Flash FloodLivingston Manor$20,000Roads flooded.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindLivingston Manor$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
May 2018HailLivingston Manor$10,000no account filed
October 2021Flash FloodLivingston Manor$5,000Numerous roads were flooded with water rescues underway.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLivingston Manor$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew trees down on wires .
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLivingston Manor$5,000A tree was blown through a house and penny size hail was also reported with the thunderstorm.
May 2018HailLivingston Manor$5,000no account filed
May 2018HailLivingston Manor$5,000no account filed
May 2013HailLivingston Manor$5,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLivingston Manor$4,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and wires.
August 2009Flash FloodLivingston Manor$2,000Minor flooding occurred along Pearl Street in Livingston Manor. A bridge was nearly over-topped and filled with debris along Cattail Creek in town. Precautionary evacuations of approximately 10 homes took place at Finch Street and River Street.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLivingston Manor-Trees were blown down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindLivingston Manor-A few trees were blown down in Livingston Manor and also in White Lake.
July 2014HailLivingston Manor-no account filed
July 2010HailLivingston Manor-no account filed
June 2008HailLivingston Manor-no account filed
July 2008HailLivingston Manor-no account filed
July 2005HailLivingston Manor-no account filed
May 2004HailLivingston Manor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sullivan County

Maps showing this location

11 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98001404 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sullivan CountyAll 79 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.
  • 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.