Knowles Memorial Chapel
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| The Knowles Memorial Chapel at about 1954 | The interior of Knowles Memorial Chapel |
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| The Knowles Memorial Chapel tower | Knowles Memorial Chapel |
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The Knowles Memorial Chapel, built in 1931, was a gift to Rollins College by Mrs. Frances Knowles Warren in memory of her father, Frances Bangs Knowles. Well-known American ecclesiastical architect Ralph Adams Cram of Boston designed the Chapel. Its design is slightly modernized Spanish Mediterranean classic style consisting of four main parts: The great nave with Chancel; the Frances Chapel or side chapel; the cupolaed tower or campanile; and the sacristy.
The Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 8, 1997.
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