Chapel in the Hills

Chapel in the Hills
Chapel in the Hills
Basic information
Location Rapid City, South Dakota, United States
Geographic coordinates 44°02′54″N 103°17′55″W / 44.048398°N 103.298714°W / 44.048398; -103.298714Coordinates: 44°02′54″N 103°17′55″W / 44.048398°N 103.298714°W / 44.048398; -103.298714
Affiliation Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Year consecrated 1969
Website Chapel in the Hills
Architectural description
Architect(s) Spitznagel and Partners
Architectural style Stave church
General contractor Dilly Construction Company
Groundbreaking 1968
Completed 1969

Chapel in the Hills is a stave church located near Rapid City, South Dakota.

The Chapel in the Hills was dedicated on July 6, 1969, as the home for the radio ministry of Lutheran Vespers. The church is a special ministry of the South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.[1]

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History

Visitor center

The Chapel in the Hills is an exact replica of the Borgund stave church in Norway. The Borgund stavkirke was built around the year 1150 and is considered the most completely preserved stave church still standing in Norway.

The Norwegian Department of Antiquities provided a set of blueprints of the Borgund church to be used in the construction of the Chapel in the Hills. The woodcarvings resulted from the combined effort by Norwegian woodcarver Erik Fridstrøm and Rapid City resident, Helge Christiansen.[2]

The site includes an authentic log cabin museum that was built in 1876 by Edward Nielsen, a Norwegian immigrant gold prospector from Hole, Ringerike, Norway. There is also a stabbur, a grass-roofed house, that serves as the visitor center and gift shop.

References

  1. ^ About the Chapel in the Hills
  2. ^ History of the Chapel in the Hills

Other sources

  • Malmin, Olaf Gabriel Chapel in the Hills : A notable church structure in Rapid City, South Dakota (Rapid City, 1969)

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