Saint Augustine's University Historic Chapel is a historic

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located on the campus of

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near downtown

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. Built in 1895, it is one of the oldest buildings on the campus of St. Augustine's and has been designated as a Raleigh Historic Landmark. The chapel was built with the patronage of the Episcopal Church

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. Episcopal priest Rev. Henry Beard Delany directed the construction; at the time he was an instructor of carpentry and masonry, as well as a chaplain and musician. The chapel was built by students of the college using stone from the Raleigh area. The chapel houses the

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of the Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina, a memorial of Henry Delany's consecration as the first

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Episcopal Bishop in North Carolina.

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