Knowles Memorial Chapel
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| Knowles Memorial Chapel Rollins College |
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| Location: | Rollins College |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1931-1932 |
| Architect: | Ralph Adams Cram and builder, G. W. Hessler of Jacksonville |
| Architectural style(s): | Mediterranean Revival |
| Added to NRHP: | December 8, 1997 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 97001448 [1] |
| Governing body: | Private |
Knowles Memorial Chapel, built between 1931 and 1932, is an historic Mediterranean Revival building located on the campus of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, in the United States. On December 8, 1997, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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[edit] National Register listing
- Knowles Memorial Chapel (added 1997 - Building - #97001448)
- Also known as 8OR8147
- 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park
- Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
- Architect, builder, or engineer: Hessler, G.W., Cram, Ralph Adams
- Architectural Style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other, Mission/Spanish Revival
- Area of Significance: Architecture
- Period of Significance: 1900-1924
- Owner: Private
- Historic Function: Religion
- Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
- Current Function: Religion
- Current Sub-function: Religious Structure
[edit] History
Knowles Memorial Chapel was given to Rollins College by Frances Knowles Warren in memory of her father, Francis Bangs Knowles (1823-1890),[2] one of the founders of both Rollins College and the city of Winter Park. It was designed by noted church and collegiate architect, Ralph Adams Cram, who considered it his favorite of the more than 75 churches and cathedrals he had designed. In the summer of 2007 it underwent a masonry restoration paid for by a trust set up by Frances Knowles Warren.[3][4][5]
[edit] Organ
The chapel organ was built in 1932 by noted organ builder, Ernest M. Skinner. In the mid 1950s it was renovated by Skinner's firm, Aeolian-Skinner. Between 1999 and 2002 the organ was completely overhauled and renovated by Randall Dyer & Associates. At the same time the Dyer firm also built and installed a "completely new, free-standing antiphonal organ at the rear of the balcony and surrounding the Rose Window." Deeply involved in the work by the Dyer firm was its associate, John J. Tyrrell, former president of Aeolian-Skinner.[6]
[edit] Current use
Knowles Memorial Chapel continues to be used as the Rollins College Chapel and its dean is the pastor of the college.[7] The chapel is also the venue for many musical events, especially during the annual Bach Festival of Winter Park.[8]
[edit] See also
[edit] Gallery
 Knowles Chapel detail over entrance |
 Knowles Chapel side view |
[edit] References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-07-27).
- ^ Founders of Winter Park
- ^ Knowles Memorial Chapel history
- ^ Time magazine July 10, 1933
- ^ Knowles Memorial Chapel history
- ^ Knowles Memorial Chapel organ
- ^ Knowles Memorial Chapel - What we do
- ^ Bach Festival of Winter Park
[edit] External links
- Knowles Memorial Chapel homepage
- Knowles Memorial Chapel organ
- Knowles Memorial Chapel history
- Time magazine July 10, 1933
- National Register of Historic Places listings for Orange County
- Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs listing for Knowles Memorial Chapel
- Rollins College's 2007 renovation of Knowles Memorial Chapel
- Bach Festival of Winter Park
- Winter Park Historical Trail
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