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Chevro Ahavath Zion Synagogue

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1909.

From the record

“Chevro Ahavath Zion Synagogue is a historic former Jewish synagogue, located on Cold Spring Road, Monticello, in Sullivan County, New York, in the United States.”

Wikipedia article Chevro Ahavath Zion Synagogue, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 79 National Register listings published here for Sullivan County · listed in 1999 · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Cold Spring Rd., Monticello, 12701
  • When was it listed? January 1999
  • Category. building
  • Town. Thompson town
  • National Register reference number. 98001621 - 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

215 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Chevro Ahavath Zion Synagogue between 1992 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 11 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
Smoking86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Debris and open burning26
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony3

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
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Chevro Ahavath Zion Synagogue: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Monticello Black Top PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bridgeville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bridgeville Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this property

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monticello, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 25 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
September 1996Tornado (F1)Monticello1 hurt, $500,000no account filed
September 1996Tornado (F1)Monticello1 hurt, $500,000no account filed
November 1994Thunderstorm WindMonticello$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed large trees, wires and poles along the shore of Swinging Bridge Reservoir during the evening hours of November 1st. In addition a light weight metal dock was blown over and ten boats and a single engine plane were overturned.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMonticello$20,000Numerous trees were blown down in the central part of the county.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindMonticello$12,000no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMonticello$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMonticello$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down several trees and wires.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMonticello$10,000Trees and wires were blown down county-wide.
July 2005LightningMonticello$10,000Several homes were struck by lightning.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on top of a vehicle.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in sporadic trees and wires being knocked down across the city and near Mountain Dale.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Numerous trees were blown down in and around Monticello.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down countywide. Numerous power outages were reported in the Monticello and Liberty areas. Damage was first reported shortly after 2 pm, with reports continuing through 430 pm.
November 2006Flash FloodMonticello$5,000Roads flooded.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees over road.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000A slow moving cold front moved into the eastern Great Lakes late in the day on July 24th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the Susquehanna and Western Catskill regions of New York. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines resulting in more than 3,000 customers being left without electricity. In Chenango Forks a couple was struck by lightning at their home resulting in minor injuries.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMonticello$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMonticello$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down. A patio tent was blown into the road. Pea size hail also fell.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindMonticello$3,000Trees and wires were blown down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMonticello$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree and wires.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMonticello$2,000Numerous trees were blown down in Hortonville, Callicoon, Jeffersonville, Monticello and Rock Hill.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMonticello$1,000Trees were blown down into the east bound lane of Route 17 between exits 101 and 102.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Trees and wires were blown down.
May 2004HailMonticello-0.75 inch hail.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Trees and wires down. Also reported in Hankins.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Scattered trees and a few powerlines were downed by strong winds from the central to northeast part of the county.
June 1998Flash FloodMonticello-Severe thunderstorms and continually redeveloping cells across the same general areas produced extensive flash flooding in the Monticello area during the evening. A skywarn spotter just south of Monticello measured nearly 3 inches of rain in less than an hour's time and close to 5 inches for that evening period. Emergency management personnel reported severe flooding on Route 17 coming into Monticello from the west. Law enforcement officials were forced to close this portion of the highway for several hours as more than 3 feet of water covered the roadway. Other local roadways and side streets in Monticello were also blocked off due to high water conditions. Water levels gradually receded by late evening as rainfall diminished.
July 2020HailMonticello-no account filed
August 2015HailMonticello-no account filed
July 2010HailMonticello-no account filed
June 2009HailMonticello-no account filed
June 2009HailMonticello-no account filed
June 2008HailMonticello-no account filed
May 2006HailMonticello-no account filed
July 1995HailMonticello-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sullivan County

Maps showing this location

12 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
St. John's Episcopal Church and Rectory2.9 miles2002
Bennett Family House3.0 miles2001
Broadway Historic District3.0 miles2020
Rialto Theatre3.1 miles2001
Anshei Glen Wild Synagogue5.3 miles1999
Glen Wild Methodist Church5.9 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 98001621 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.
  • 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.