Construction on this house for William Körber-Garke (1846-1915) started in 1916 and lasted into 1917. Körber was a German immigrant who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1876 and in 1883 married Josefina Palmieri-Roubert (1860-1944), daughter of Domingo Palmieri owner of Hacienda Amelia in Juana Diaz.  Körber was a principal at the firm Mullenhoff & Körber, a general merchant, bankers and insurance agent firm established in 1878. They had three children; Josefina A. Körber Palmeri (1883-1969 ), Guillermo Körber Palmeri (1885-1974) and Gisela C. Körber Palmeri (1886-1957).  The elder Körber had already passed away by 1918 so he did not live long to enjoy the residence.  The Körber family owned the house until 1950 when it was sold to the Jewish community for use as a the Shaare Zedeck Synagogue.

As can be seen from the pictures below, the now demolished Levy Residence in Jacksonville, FL designed just two years earlier in 1915 by the firm of Mark & Sheftall has a marked resemblance to the Körber house.  The springfield Illinois Susan Lawrence Dana House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and included in the Wasmuth Portfolio also has a marked resemblance to this property's design.  According to Thomas Marvel, the simplicity of the Körber house suggests that the only part that Nechodoma borrowerd from Wright was the entry foyer and the front facade.

The picture below taken in 2014, was taken from the sidewalk, the property seemed either abandoned or not well kept and no longer used as a Synagogue.  You can see a piece of facia wood hanging on the left side and either a piece of wood or glass lying on the tile roof on the right side.  at the time the property was for sale. The house is located at Ponce de Leon Avenue #903 in the Miramar section of San Juan.  Interior and exterior pictures can be appreciated in the Library of Congress archives.