Pettit Memorial Chapel
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| Pettit Memorial Chapel | |
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| (U.S. National Register of Historic Places) | |
| Location: | Belvidere, Illinois, Boone County, Illinois, USA |
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| Built/Founded: | 1907 |
| Architect: | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Architectural style(s): | Prairie style |
| Added to NRHP: | December 1, 1978[1] |
| Reference #: | 78001112 |
Pettit Memorial Chapel is believed to be the only chapel ever designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The chapel is located in the Belvidere Cemetery in Belvidere, Illinois, which is in Boone County. It is on the National Register of Historic Places where it has found a home since Dec. 1, 1978.[2] The chapel is an early example of his famed Prairie Style.
[edit] History
[edit] Early history
It was Emma Pettit who commissioned Wright to design the chapel as a memorial to her deceased husband, Dr. William H. Pettit. The building was built in 1907 for $3,000 and stands next to the grave of William Pettit in Belvidere Cemetery. The chapel is considered one of the earliest example of Wright's prairie period and was used for funerals until the 1920s when the rise of funeral parlors overtook funerals in churches and chapels. The cemetery itself opened in 1847 and contains 13,000 known graves.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places, retrieved Oct. 2006.
- ^ NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places, retrieved Oct. 2006.
- ^ Restored Chapel, Rockford Register Star, Robert Baxter, Jan. 3, 2004.
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