The congregation Kahal Adath Jeshurun built the Eldridge Street Synagogue in New York, after buying three lots at 12 to 16 Eldridge Street in 1886 with a $50,000 mortgage. The German-born Catholic brothers Peter and Francis William Herter designed it, though they had never designed a synagogue. Ground was broken in late September 1886, and the building was dedicated on September 4, 1887.
The style is Moorish Revival, with Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival elements. The brown or buff brick building measures 79 by 53 feet (24 by 16 m) and has a facade rose window, two square stair towers, horseshoe arches and a two-level sanctuary. The design is sometimes mistakenly credited to the Herter Brothers firm.
Restoration began in 1989, and the building was rededicated on December 2, 2007. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1996.
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