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Princeton University Chapel

Princeton University Chapel
Princeton University Chapel 2003.jpg
The exterior of the Chapel seen from the southeast, with the Mather Sundial in the foreground
Location Princeton, New Jersey
Country United States
Denomination Ecumenical
Website www.princeton.edu/religiouslife/chapel/
History
Consecrated 1928
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Ralph Adams Cram
Architectural type Cathedral
Style Collegiate Gothic
Groundbreaking 1924
Completed 1928
Construction cost US$2.3 million
Specifications
Capacity almost 2,000
Length 277 feet (84 m)
Width 76 feet (23 m)
Height 121 feet (37 m)
Materials Sandstone, limestone
Clergy
Dean Alison Boden, Dean of the Chapel
Laity
Organist(s) Eric Plutz
Princeton University Chapel
A map of Mercer County, New Jersey
A map of Mercer County, New Jersey
A map of Mercer County, New Jersey
A map of Mercer County, New Jersey
A map of Mercer County, New Jersey
A map of Mercer County, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°20′56.0″N 74°39′24.8″W / 40.348889°N 74.656889°W / 40.348889; -74.656889Coordinates: 40°20′56.0″N 74°39′24.8″W / 40.348889°N 74.656889°W / 40.348889; -74.656889
Part of Princeton Historic District (#75001143)
Added to NRHP 27 June 1975

The Princeton University Chapel is located on that university's main campus in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It replaces an older chapel that burned down in 1920. Designed in 1921 by Ralph Adams Cram in his signature Collegiate Gothic style, it was built by the university between 1924 and 1928 at a cost of $2.3 million. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered a sermon there in 1960. The chapel was rededicated in an interfaith ceremony in 2002 following a major two-year restoration.

Its size and design evoke a small cathedral of the English Middle Ages. The only university chapel of its size at the time it was built was King's College Chapel at the University of Cambridge. The foundation is poured concrete, and the superstructure is sandstone and limestone. The main sanctuary consists of a narthex, a gallery, a nave, two transepts joined by a crossing, and an elevated choir. The chapel's extensive iconography consists of stained glass, stonemasonry, and wood carvings. Among the stained glass are four "great windows", one facing each cardinal direction, and four "Christian epic" windows in the walls of the choir. The iconography was planned by Albert M. Friend, a faculty member in Princeton's Department of Art and Archaeology, with the goal of portraying, in one scholar's words, a "synthesis between Christian faith and modern thought."


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