Rockefeller Memorial Chapel

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Rockefeller Memorial Chapel..

Built: 1928

Architect: Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue..

Location: 1156-1180 E. 59th Street..

Date designated a Chicago Landmark: November 3, 2004..

The University of Chicago campus architect Henry Ives Cobb, in his original sketch of the campus in 1892, included a chapel on the east end of the main quadrangle ..
In 1918, New York architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue [1869-1924] was asked to prepared designs for a University Chapel. Goodhue died on April 23, 1924, two years before construction of the Chapel began, and it is considered his last monument and enduring testament ..
Organ ..The world-famous organ was designed by E.M. Skinner.. The built into the Chapel during its construction and dedicated with the Chapel in 1928.
Carillon.. The carillon was added to the tower in 1932..
Interior as well as exterior sculptures.. Lee Lawrie and Ulric Ellerhausen..

The Chapel is 265 feet long and 102 feet wide at its widest point. The tower, towards the northeast corner, is 207 feet high and can be ascended via a spiral stone staircase of 271 steps ..

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It's official website informs about the sculptures ..
More than one hundred stone sculptures decorate the outside of the Chapel, representing philosophy and the humanities, religion and University life. The sculptures were designed by Lee Lawrie [1877-1963] and Ulric Ellerhausen [1879-1957]. Lawrie executed the sculptures up to the 30 foot level, and Ellerhausen above that, in consultation with Lawrie. Although the sculpture is archaic in style, the subjects chosen are drawn from twentieth century life as much as from ancient religious allusion, making for an unusual mixture of themes.

REF: Rockefeller Memorial Church.. click here..