NEW YORK - A nearly century-old, wood-frame synagogue in Queens whose original members included cosmetics magnate Est Dee Lauder was designated a historical landmark Tuesday along with a 110-year-old Beaux Arts-style bank building.

The two-story Congregation Tifereth Israel, believed to be the oldest synagogue still in use as a house of worship in Queens, was built in 1911 by Eastern European Jews from Manhattan's Lower East Side. One of its earliest members was Josephine Esther Mentzer, who later founded the Est Dee Lauder cosmetics empire.

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