Faxon Lodge

Faxon Lodge occupies a quiet rise above Newport’s shoreline, a retreat originally built for the Faxon family as part of the city’s early‑20th‑century summer colony. Unlike Newport’s grand mansions, the lodge expresses a more understated architectural language—stone piers, weathered shingles, and a roofline shaped to handle Atlantic winds. Its character comes from craftsmanship rather than ornament, making preservation work especially dependent on respecting original materials and the building’s coastal setting.

Slate & Copper Services was brought in to address aging exterior components that had begun to fail under decades of salt air and seasonal storms. The project centered on slate roof rehabilitation, paired with custom copper detailing, selective wood shingle replacement, and stabilization of original wood siding. Rather than a single large intervention, the work unfolded as a series of precise, material‑driven repairs—each one designed to extend the life of the lodge without altering its quiet architectural identity.

Restoring a property like Faxon Lodge requires fluency in historic roofing systems, traditional carpentry, and architectural sheet metal fabrication, but it also demands sensitivity to the building’s scale. Our craftsmen approached the project with a preservation mindset: minimal disturbance, period‑appropriate materials, and installation techniques suited to early‑20th‑century construction.

Across coastal Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, Slate & Copper Services supports historic homes, estates, and institutional buildings with restoration strategies tailored to each structure’s history and environment. Faxon Lodge exemplifies that approach—measured, accurate, and built to endure.

Builder: Parker Construction