Adam T. Levinson

1959 – 2025

Adam passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Coventry, RI after a long battle with complications from his diabetes. He will be missed dearly by his brother David, sister In-law Philicia, nephew Michael, niece Hannah and countless extended family, friends and former colleagues.

Adam was born on February 17, 1959 in Brooklyn NY to Jesse Levinson (1988) and Jaqueline Gelernter Levinson (2009). The family lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Park Slope until moving to Upper Montclair, NJ when Adam was 6. He lived on a street reminiscent of a Norman Rockwell painting, playing on the block until the street lights came on and with backyard volleyball games attended by the entire neighborhood.

Adam found his passion for architecture and building things at the age of 15 when he was offered by my parents as an indentured worker to the builder of our first Cape Cod home. He spent summers working for that same builder and then took a gap year after high school to live on the Cape and build homes full-time.

He entered Pratt Institute as an architecture major and then shifted to Industrial design. His first job after school was as a draftsperson. He then decided he would rather build things than draw them and moved to R. H. Guest. Under Bob and Gloria Guest’s mentorship, Adam became an expert in museum fabrication. Adam would later move to Showman Fabricators and lead their work with museums. He built a reputation for the quality of his work and his unique ability to problem solve. If a designer could dream it, he could build it.

Adam worked with most of the major museums in NYC. The projects he was most proud of were his work with American Museum of Natural History building the Rain Forest Exhibit in the Hall of Biodiversity, assembling the Living Butterfly Vivarium, their first Mobile Museum and his work in the Hayden Planetarium. He helped build and install the Art of the Motorcycle at the Guggenheim, as well many other important projects at many museums. Adam would often include a piece of his friends’ artwork in a pedestal he was building so that they could boast that they have a piece of their art hanging in the Met.

Adam’s next chapter started when he moved to Wellfleet with his now ex-wife Janet. They opened the Stone Lion Inn and Adam focused on his own work of Truro Designs in his shop in Eastham. Although it wasn’t expected, he became a beloved and welcoming Innkeeper. He also became a Wellfleet firefighter and EMT and was very active in the local Chamber of Commerce and the community.

He later moved Truro Designs to Rhode Island and started his next chapter with his then partner Lee and her loving daughters Erika (sadly deceased) and Elana. He forged new friendships with an amazing group of people. The early years in RI were filled with travel and new adventures.

Of all of Adam’s many accomplishments, perhaps his greatest legacy is that so many of his friends are living with his beautiful furniture. Sleeping in the bed he built them, laughing at the dining table he made, sharing moments in the kitchen he helped build and so many more projects. He was also proud of his continued work with Museums working with the Provincetown Museum, RSID, Discovery Museum (MA) and his exhibits for the John F. Kennedy Museum in Hyannis MA. His final large project was a Children’s Discovery Center in Victoria TX.

Durning these past 5 difficult years he was showered with love and support from every stage of his life. So many people paid back his lifetime of love and friendship. That is a legacy.  

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