Holden Chapel
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Holden Chapel is a small building in Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University. Built in 1744, it is the third oldest building at Harvard and one of the oldest college buildings in America. From 1744 to 1772 (except for 1767-68) the chapel housed morning and evening prayers for the Harvard student body, as well providing space for some secular uses such as lectures. In 1783 the Harvard Medical School used the building for autopsies. For much of the 20th century, Holden Chapel housed the student offices of the Harvard Glee Club and later the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, which collectively came to be known as the Holden Choirs, Harvard's premier choral ensembles. The chapel was remodelled in 1998 to serve as both a classroom and a musical rehearsal and performance space. Though no longer housing the Holden Choirs' offices, Holden Chapel now serves as their primary rehearsal space.
