West Point Cadet Chapel

Cadet Chapel, United States Military Academy
West Point Cadet Chapel
West Point's Cadet Chapel viewed from Schofield Place
Location	United States Military Academy, New York
Country	United States
Denomination	Protestant
History
Dedication	1910
Architecture
Status	Church
Architect(s)	Bertram Goodhue, Ralph Adams Cram, and Frank Ferguson
Architectural type	Gothic Revival architecture
Groundbreaking	1906
Completed	1910
Specifications
Materials	Granite
Clergy
Chaplain(s)	Colonel (CH) Mike Durham
Laity
Director of music	Craig Williams

The Cadet Chapel at the United States Military Academy is a place of Protestant denomination worship for many members of the United States Corps of Cadets. The chapel is a classic example of gothic revival architecture, with its cross-shaped floor plan, soaring arches, and ornate stone carvings. It hosts the largest chapel pipe organ in the world,^[1] which boasts some 23,000 individual pipes.^[2]^[3] The Cadet Chapel dominates the skyline and sets the architectural mood of the academy.^[4] Designed by architect Bertram Goodhue and completed in 1910,^[5] the neogothic Cadet Chapel replaced the Old Cadet Chapel which had been built in 1836. The Old Cadet Chapel was deconstructed and relocated to the entrance of the West Point Cemetery, where it stands today.^[6]

References

^ "Cadet Chapel - West Point, New York". American Theatre Organ Society. http://atos.org/conventions/2007/venues/west-point_cadet-chapel.html. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
^ Poughkeepsie Journal, (2003). West Point: Legend on the Hudson. Montgomery, NY: Walden Printing. pp.81-83. ISBN 0-9674209-1-1.
^ "Cadet Chapel". United States Military Academy. http://www.usma.edu/Chaplain/cadetchapel.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
^ Barkalow, Carol (1990). In the Men's House. New York: Poseidon Press p.70. ISBN 0-671-67312-2
^ Simpson, Jeffrey (1982). Officers and Gentlemen: Historic West Point in Photographs. Tarrytown, NY: Sleepy Hollow Press. p.164. ISBN 0-912882-53-0
^ Crackel, Theodore (1991). The Illustrated History of West Point. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. p.129. ISBN 0-8109-3458-2

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:West_Point_Cadet_Chapel West Point Cadet Chapel] at Wikimedia Commons

For all six USMA chapels, go to Office of the USMA Chaplain and click on "Chapels" in left-hand column. USMA official website. Retrieved 2010-02-06.

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