Loeb Visitor Center

General Contractor

H.V. Collins Company
Providence, Rhode Island

Fabricator

South Side Design & Building
Brooklyn, New York

This project is an exhibit celebrating the Colonial History of the Jews in Newport. It was completed and opened as the Loeb Visitor Center in 2009. Located adjacent to the Touro Synagogue National Historic site, the two story visitor center features a grand stair linking the two exhibit levels. The railing of the stair is made of nickel silver (a copper alloy, white in color) tubing bent to a graceful curve. Located behind the large street side windows, the stair railing is visible both inside and outside the building enclosure. All the permanent exhibit elements are trimmed with the same nickel silver material along the top and bottom.

Architectural Category: Interiors