Stone Chapel is a historic
chapel located on the southwest edge of the
Drury University campus, at the corner of Central and Benton Avenue at
Springfield
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Greene County, Missouri. It was built in 1880 and is the oldest
stone structure in Springfield. The chapel is the location for a number of religious activities for Drury University, such as the LOGOS Christian Fellowship, Catholic Campus Ministries, and Chow and Chapel events, weddings,
graduation
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Baccalaureate and other various secular activities.
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The distinctive second floor
sanctuary seats around 510 people. A large lounge,
kitchenette, choir and meeting facilities occupy the first floor. The recently restored Lyon-Healy
pipe organ
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dates from 1906. The three-manual, 30-rank instrument is utilized by a large class of organ students, for weekend weddings, for the popular Christmas Vespers, and for
recitals and other special events in the chapel. The organ is well known for its rich sound, enhanced by the chapel's mellow
acoustics.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Notes
Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
University and college chapels in the United States
Churches in Springfield, Missouri
National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Missouri
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