Buchtel Memorial Chapel (Denver, Colo.)
Biography
University of Denver. The Buchtel Memorial Chapel was begun in 1907 when the cornerstone was laid. Buchtel "puportedly handed Colorado Springs architect Thomas Barber a photograph of a mission-style church and asked him to create a similar-looking structure for the University" (Built for Learning, p. 18). Progress on the building languished throughout the decade from its start to its completion due to lack of funds. "It was originally dedicated in 1917 as the Memorial Chapel to honor DU alumni who perished in World War I. In 1946 it was renamed the Buchtel Chapel in memory of Henry Buchtel." The chapel was destroyed by fire in 1983, leaving a tower as the sole remaining piece of the structure. (DU Today, Summer 2006 issue).
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Buchtel Memorial Chapel Groundbreaking (-1983) on October 17, 1907.
Sources
University of Denver. (1974). Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. Inventory of University Buildings. [U123.01.0004.0031]
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Cornerstone laid for Buchtel Memorial Chapel in October 26, 1910. (not dedicated until 1917 to honor those who had died in WWI)
Sources
Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, 106; University of Denver. (1974). Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. Inventory of University Buildings. [U123.01.0004.0031].
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Buchtel Memorial Chapel dedicated to soldiers fighting in World War I in December 30, 1917.
Sources
University of Denver. (1974). Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. Inventory of University Buildings. [U123.01.0004.0031]
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A tribute service was held in Buchtel Chapel in memorial of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death on April 5, 1968. On July 20, 1983, a fire destroys Buchtel Memorial Chapel, leaving only one tower remaining.
Citation:
“Buchtel services pay tribute to death of Martin Luther King,” The University of Denver Clarion, vol. 72, no. 44, April 9, 1968, 4.University of Denver. (1974). Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. Inventory of University Buildings. [U123.01.0004.0031]
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University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, between 1925-1983
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View of an empty brick hallway with elaborate architectural arches.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1952
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. The choir performs at the front of the chapel under the pipe organ.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1952
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. The choir performs at the front of the chapel.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View from behind the choir on stage looking back toward the door at the rear of the sanctuary.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, before 1925
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View of the front of the chapel before the pipe organ was installed.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1925
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View of the stage dominated by the newly installed pipe organ.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1962
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View from the stage over the organist to congregants sitting in pews.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, circa 1955
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View from the stage toward the back of the chapel during a service.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, between 1925-1970
Interior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. View of the stage, empty chairs fill the stage and the organ pipes dominate the upper half of the photograph.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the July 1983 fire.