Skinner Memorial Chapel

Skinner Memorial Chapel--Carleton College
Skinner Memorial Chapel from the west
Location 1st, Winona, and College Sts.
Northfield, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°27′36″N 93°9′15″W / 44.46000°N 93.15417°WCoordinates: 44°27′36″N 93°9′15″W / 44.46000°N 93.15417°W
Built 1916
Architect Patton, Holmes, & Flynn
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
Governing body Carleton College
MPS Rice County MRA
NRHP Reference # 82003031
Added to NRHP April 6, 1982

Skinner Memorial Chapel is a chapel and historic building on the campus of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The chapel was built in 1916, fifty years after Carleton College was founded, and was financed by a gift from Emily Willey Skinner. Her husband, Miron Skinner, had been a trustee of the college until his death in 1909. The chapel was designed by the firm of Patton, Holmes, and Flinn, who had organized an architectural plan for the college and designed eight other buildings. The chapel is of English Gothic Revival design, with a Latin cross shape and a tall bell tower. The interior has a dark wood ceiling with dark beams.[1]

It hosts services from a variety of religious traditions as well as weekly Carleton functions.

References

  1. Alan K. Lathrop (2003). Churches Of Minnesota: An Illustrated Guide. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 138–139. ISBN 0816629099.