Kerhonkson Synagogue, officially Congregation Tifereth Yehuda Veyisroel, is a post-denominational

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congregation and historic

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located at 26 Minnewaska Trail,

Kerhonkson Kerhonkson is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. The Kerhonkson CDP is an urban concentration that straddles the border of the town of Rochester a ...

, in

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, in the United States. The

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congregation was founded in 1922. The synagogue was built in 1924, and is a one-story, rectangular, wood-frame building with a gable roof with overhanging eaves. It sits on a concrete covered stone basement and is clad in

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on three sides. The

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has a false front that extends above the roof with three curves surmounted by a

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. Also on the property is the contributing Community House (). It was built to serve Jewish merchants and farmers in the Kerhonkson area and is one of 20 intact early 20th-century Catskill synagogues. an
''Accompanying photographs''
/ref> The synagogue building was listed on the

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in 2013.

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* * 1922 establishments in New York (state) 20th-century synagogues in the United States Jewish organizations established in 1922 Tifereth Yehuda Veyisroel Religious buildings and structures in Ulster County, New York Synagogues in Upstate New York Tifereth Yehuda Veyisroel Synagogues completed in 1924 Unaffiliated synagogues in New York (state) {{UlsterCountyNY-NRHP-stub