The Eaton Family Residence-Jewish Center of Norwich is a historic home, now unaffiliated Jewish

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and community center, located at 72 South Broad Street in Norwich, Chenango County, in

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, in the United States. The house was built in 1914 for R. D. Eaton to house his family, one of the most prominent families in Central New York. The -story, tan brick residence with a green ceramic tile, side-gabled roof resting on a cut stone foundations completed in the Colonial Revival style. The main block is rectangular, five bays wide and two bays deep. The main entrance is set within a prominent one bay wood

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with gabled roof supported by paired, fluted classical columns. The building has been used as a synagogue and community center by local German-Jewish refugees, since 1955. ''See also:'' The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. In April 2008, the synagogue was vandalised by three teenagers, who were charged with burglary, criminal mischief and conspiracy. With the support of

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, Nancy Cantor, the university's

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, and other benefactors, the former house and synagogue was restored.

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* Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state) Colonial Revival synagogues German-Jewish culture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1914 Houses in Chenango County, New York Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Chenango County, New York Synagogues completed in 1955 Unaffiliated synagogues in New York (state) {{NewYork-religious-struct-stub