Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel
Battell Chapel
	Battell Chapel in 2019
General information
Architectural style	High Victorian Gothic
Address	400 College Street
Town or city	New Haven, Connecticut
Country	United States
Construction started	1874
Completed	1876
Client	Yale University
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Russell Sturgis, Jr.

Battell Chapel is the largest

Protestant).^[1] Together with Durfee Hall and Farnam Hall, the chapel was part of a program begun in the 1870s to build up the perimeter of Old Campus

and separate it from the rest of the city. These three buildings, all by the same architect, were among the first at Yale to be named for donors rather than function, location, or legislative funding.

Battell Chapel is one of the locations on the Connecticut Freedom Trail.

Construction

The building is a masonry structure of New Jersey brownstone, and decorative elements are made of blue Ohio sandstone.^[2] A flat coffered ceiling that covers the auditorium is constructed of wooden beams and painted blue with gold leaf. Interior wood paneling and pews are solid oak.^[2]

Iconography and ornament

On the chapel's upper

Trinitarianist Congregational religious heritage.^[2]

The Battell Chapel clock, with chimes consisting of five large bells that rang at each quarter hour, was at one time the clock to which others at Yale was synchronized; however, the chimes have been silent for years.[3] The organ was the gift of Joseph Battell's sister, Irene Battell Larned.

The Apse Memorial Windows were designed by the architect

Denison Olmstead, Edward C. Herrick, William A. Larned, Anthony D. Stanley, and James Hadley.^[2]

Current use

In the twenty-first century, Battell Chapel is the setting for the Sunday services of the University Church in Yale University, conducted by a Yale Chaplain. The chapel also serves as a concert hall and is the main performance venue for the Greater New Haven Youth Ensembles of Neighborhood Music School: The Greater New Haven Youth Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Concert Orchestra as well as the Civic Orchestra of New Haven and the Greater New Haven Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert Band.

References

Patrick L. Pinnell, The Campus Guide: Yale University, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 1999.

^ "Battell Chapel - History". Chaplain’s Office - Yale University.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kingsley, William L. (1879). "The Battell Chapel". In Kingsley, William L. (ed.). Yale College: A Sketch of Its History. New York: Henry Holt & Co. pp. 287–296.
^ Claire Zhang (7 October 2011). "Before our time: Battell Chapel's clock". The Yale Herald. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.

External links

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[1] "Battell Chapel - History". Chaplain’s Office - Yale University.

[Kingsley-2] Kingsley, William L. (1879). "The Battell Chapel". In Kingsley, William L. (ed.). Yale College: A Sketch of Its History. New York: Henry Holt & Co. pp. 287–296.

[Herald-3] Claire Zhang (7 October 2011). "Before our time: Battell Chapel's clock". The Yale Herald. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.

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