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The chapel stands at the center of the university, on the highest ridge of Duke University's West Campus. Although plans for a chapel were first made in April 1925, the cornerstone was not laid until October 22, 1930.
Among the buildings of West Campus, Duke University Chapel was the first to be planned and the last to be built. The cornerstone was laid on October 22, 1930, but construction continued for the next two years.
Standing at 210 feet in the center of campus, of the original buildings at Duke University, the Chapel was planned first and built last. The architectural style of the Chapel is English Gothic, but it is modeled upon no particular cathedral, college chapel, or parish church.
Duke University Chapel was built between 1930 and 1932, being the first building on campus to be planned but the last to be built.
- West Campus, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Built between 1930 and 1935 in the neo-Gothic English style, Duke Chapel was the first building planned for the new West Campus, but the last to be completed. This iconic building features a 210-foot tower, a 50-bell carillon, 77 stained glass windows, three pipe organs, and wooden pew and chair seating for 1,600 people.
Mar 11, 2020 · The Building. Damage caused by the 1971 fire in the Chapel. Photograph courtesy of Duke University Chapel. Julian Francis Abele (1881-1950), a Philadelphia-based architect, was the primary architect responsible for the realization of Duke University’s neo-gothic architecture.
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Completed in 1928, the Memorial Chapel contains the tombs of the benefactors of the university: Benjamin N. Duke, James B. Duke, and their father Washington Duke. Their Carrara marble sarcophagi, carved by sculptor Charles Keck, are lit with the silvery radiance of the monochromatic grisaille windows.
