OMG! As if NYC isn't conflated enough! I was multi-searching LES demolished synagogues and churches. Calling a: DO OVER! I. 12 ELDRIDGE STREET...location of the active Eldridge Street Synagogue & Museum (A) "The Eldridge Street Synagogue opened its doors at 12 Eldridge Street on September 4, 1887, just in time for the Jewish High Holidays. Hundreds of newly arrived immigrants from Russia and Poland gathered here to pray, socialize and build a community. It was the first time in America that Jews of Eastern Europe had built a synagogue from the ground up." http://www.eldridgestreet.org/history/ (B) Eldridge Street Museum Discount>>>https://www.livingsocial.com/deals/1594148-museum-at-eldridge-street-admission-and-tour?cvosrc=affiliate.cj.594343&utm_campaign=594343&utm_content=3724478&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=cj II. 89-93 "RIVINGTON STREET CHURCH": four separate congregations; [Consecutive street numbers indicate side by side lots. Even numbers on one side, odd on the opposite.] (A) What's ironic is that that this old Manhattan church was built for Presbyterians to convert Jewish residents, but it backfired! As history unraveled, it became the heart of Jewish life on the Lower East Side. In 1857, it was known as "First German Presbyterian Church" and "German Evangelical Church of NYC." Then, in 1864, it housed an Orthodox German-Jewish congregation. By 1890, it was known as the *Allen Street Memorial Church (Methodist). Finally, in 1902, it was the First Roumanian-American Congregation (Jewish), until the building collapsed in January 2006. [* The Allen Street congregation moved into the 89-93 Rivington Street building and retained its name. ]** (B) Building Architectural Photos>>> http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LES/LES036.htm As I used advise students: It's easier to edit than compose. Barb [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Kathleen Scarlett O'Hara Naylor via [email protected] I think you may be conflating two different buildings.