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| Duke University campus |
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| Duke Chapel |
| Use |
Center for religion at Duke |
| Style |
Gothic |
| Erected |
1935 |
| Location |
West Campus |
| Namesake |
N/A |
| Architect |
Julian Abele |
| Capacity |
1600 |
| Website |
Duke Chapel |
Duke Chapel, located at the heart of the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, is an ecumenical Christian chapel and the center of religion at Duke and has strong historical connections to the United Methodist Church. Constructed from 1930 to 1935, the Chapel seats about 1,600 people and stands 210-feet (64 m) tall, making it one of the tallest buildings in Durham County. It utilizes neo-Gothic architecture - apparent from its large stones, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and ribbed valuts - in the English style.[1] It also has a 50-bell carillon and 5,200-pipe organ.
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James B. Duke chose to place the Chapel on the West Campus's highest ridge. The design for the campus began in 1925, but the construction of the chapel did not begin until 1930. Its $2.3 million construction took five years. Stained-glass windows and other details were installed at a later date.[2]
The chapel was designed by Julian Abele, one of the first prominent African American architects in the United States. He is especially known for his Philadelphia Museum of Art. Other buildings he took part in were Harvard’s Widener Library and James B. Duke's mansions.
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