The merged congregation assumed the Touro name in 1881 and joined the Union for Reform Judaism in 1891.

[1] The sanctuary building on St. Charles Avenue in Uptown New Orleans was designed by Emile Weil, aged 29 years, and George Glover in the Byzantine Revival style, with a 71-foot-wide (22 m) dome.

[1][2] A religious school building, located adjacent to the synagogue, was completed in 1928, designed by Nathan Kohlman in the same general style and using the same materials.

The Norman Synagogue House, designed by Mark Baum and Lyons and Hudson in 1989, is in a neutral late-20th century style using materials that blend with the original structure.

In 2019, the congregation began a restoration of the sanctuary's interior,[3][4] delayed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.