Jewish Religious Center, Williams College

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Title	Jewish Religious Center, Williams College
View	Detail, 'chimney' and 'mountain' forms, from the side, looking north
Notes	As the central focus and dominant form, the New England spire has been replaced by a form more compressed, excised and truncated. It evokes both Mount Moriah and Mount Sinai.' [Newman Architects website]
Work Type	libraries (buildings) buildings religious buildings synagogues buildings social and civic buildings community centers
Style/Period	Twentieth century
Creator Name	Newman, Herbert S., 1934-
Creator Nationality	American
Date.Creator Birth	1934
Subject.work	architecture Judaism student organizations
Country	United States
City	Williamstown
State/Province	Massachusetts
Location.Notes	24 Stetson Court
Architectural Material	wood, painted white
Technique	construction (assembling)
Dates	1990 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	8/22/2005
Subject Information	Herbert Newman established his first firm in 1964, located in New Haven CT. In 1990 the firm name was Herbert Newman Associates AIA, P.C.; it is now Newman Architects LLC. From their website: 'Williams College is a predominantly red brick and stone campus adjoined by a neighborhood of large white clapboard houses, many of them also part of the college. The Center is itself a house, a setting for activities that are religious, scholarly, and familial. Following in the tradition of vernacular New England religious architecture, the Jewish Religious Center is a wooden building painted white and given monumental scale by a dominant vertical element. Again, following the vernacular, the interior is painted white.' The building contains a sanctuary, dining room and library.
Information.source	Newman Architects [firm website]; http://www.newmanarchitects.com
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)

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