Knowles Memorial Chapel

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name =Knowles Memorial Chapel
Rollins College
Winter Park, Florida
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Winter Park, Florida
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lat_degrees = 28
lat_minutes = 35
lat_seconds = 33
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 81
long_minutes = 20
long_seconds = 53
long_direction = W
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built = 1931-1932
architect = Ralph Adams Cram and builder, G. W. Hessler of Jacksonville
architecture = Mediterranean Revival
added = December 8, 1997
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refnum =97001448 [cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-07-27|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
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Knowles Memorial Chapel, built between 1931 and 1932, is an historic Mediterranean Revival building located on the campus of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, in the United States. On December 8, 1997, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

National Register listing

*Knowles Memorial Chapel (added 1997 - Building - #97001448)
*Also known as 8OR8147
*1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park
*Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
*Architect, builder, or engineer: Hessler, G.W., Cram, Ralph Adams
*Architectural Style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other, Mission/Spanish Revival
*Area of Significance: Architecture
*Period of Significance: 1900-1924
*Owner: Private
*Historic Function: Religion
*Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
*Current Function: Religion
*Current Sub-function: Religious Structure

History

Knowles Memorial Chapel was given to Rollins College by Frances Knowles Warren in memory of her father, Francis Bangs Knowles (1823-1890), [ [http://www.wppl.org/wphistory/FoundersBio.htm#FRANCIS%20BANGS%20KNOWLES Founders of Winter Park] ] one of the founders of both Rollins College and the city of Winter Park. It was designed by noted church and collegiate architect, Ralph Adams Cram, who considered it his favorite of the more than 75 churches and cathedrals he had designed. In the summer of 2007 it underwent a masonry restoration paid for by a trust set up by Frances Knowles Warren. [ [http://www.rollins.edu/knowles/history.shtml Knowles Memorial Chapel history] ] [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753725-3,00.html Time magazine July 10, 1933] ] [ [http://www.rollins.edu/knowles/history.shtml Knowles Memorial Chapel history] ]

Organ

The chapel organ was built in 1932 by noted organ builder, Ernest M. Skinner. In the mid 1950s it was renovated by Skinner's firm, Aeolian-Skinner. Between 1999 and 2002 the organ was completely overhauled and renovated by Randall Dyer & Associates. At the same time the Dyer firm also built and installed a "completely new, free-standing antiphonal organ at the rear of the balcony and surrounding the Rose Window." Deeply involved in the work by the Dyer firm was its associate, John J. Tyrrell, former president of Aeolian-Skinner. [ [http://www.rollins.edu/knowles/organ.shtml Knowles Memorial Chapel organ] ]

Current use

Knowles Memorial Chapel continues to be used as the Rollins College Chapel and its dean is the pastor of the college. [ [http://www.rollins.edu/knowles/whatwedo.shtml Knowles Memorial Chapel - What we do] ] The chapel is also the venue for many musical events, especially during the annual Bach Festival of Winter Park. [ [http://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/pages/calendar.shtml Bach Festival of Winter Park] ]

ee also

* List of Registered Historic Places in Orange County, Florida

Gallery

References

External links

* [http://www.rollins.edu/knowles/index.shtml Knowles Memorial Chapel homepage]
* [http://www.rollins.edu/knowles/organ.shtml Knowles Memorial Chapel organ]
* [http://www.rollins.edu/knowles/history.shtml Knowles Memorial Chapel history]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753725-3,00.html Time magazine July 10, 1933]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/Orange/state.html National Register of Historic Places listings for Orange County]
* [http://www.flheritage.com/services/sites/fht/record_t.cfm?ID=652&type=c&index=48 Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs listing for Knowles Memorial Chapel]
* [http://news.rollins.edu/07campus_renovation.shtml Rollins College's 2007 renovation of Knowles Memorial Chapel]
* [http://www.bachfestivalflorida.org/pages/calendar.shtml Bach Festival of Winter Park]
* [http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/rapids/8428/hikeplans/winter_park/planwinterpark.html Winter Park Historical Trail]