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Buchtel Memorial Chapel (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

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).

Biography

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]

Biography

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].

Biography

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]

Biography

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]

Found in 238 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0012.00011
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the July 1983 fire; walls and roof caved in.

Dates: 1983

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983

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Identifier: U201.01.0015.0012.00012
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the July 1983 fire. Student cars parked by front of ruined building after stairs demolished.

Dates: 1983

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983-1984

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Identifier: U201.01.0015.0012.00013
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the July 1983 fire. View of the charred front of the chapel with front stairs demolished.

Dates: 1983-1984

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983 July 20

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Identifier: U201.01.0015.0012.00014
Abstract

Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the July 1983 fire. Smoke floats above rubble on the chapel floor.

Dates: 1983 July 20

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983

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Identifier: U201.01.0015.0012.00015
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. Rubble fills the former chapel.

Dates: 1983

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983

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Identifier: U201.01.0015.0012.00016
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. Bricks and part of the roof fall as one of the towers is torn down.

Dates: 1983

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Organ, 1960

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Identifier: U201.01.0018.0014.00002
Abstract

A woman plays the organ in Buchtel Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1960

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Slides, between 1910-1983

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Identifier: U201.01.0015.0018.00006
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Close up view of one of the towers.

Dates: between 1910-1983

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Slides, between 1910-1983

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Identifier: U201.01.0015.0018.00008
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Tower with orange leaves in the foreground.

Dates: between 1910-1983