Title | Rockefeller Chapel |
View | Construction Sequence 57 |
Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
Description | A southwest view of the new University of Chicago Chapel under construction at 59th Street and Woodlawn Avenue, showing all the stone work complete except for the 210-foot tower which will rise above the right transept and a frieze representing fifteen great religious leaders, life-size, across the gable front above the window. |
Alternate Name(s) | University Chapel |
Subject Terms | Chapels (Rooms or structures) | Building sites | Construction |
Photographer | Chicago Architectural Photographing Company |
Photograph Date | 1927-09-01 |
Physical Format | Photographic prints; 18.8 x 24.0 cm |
Architect | Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924; Mayers, Murray & Philip |
Completion Date | 1928 |
Location | 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
Campus Grid | D29 |
Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
Image Identifier | apf2-06723 |
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