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Evans Memorial Chapel (Denver, Colo.)

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Biography

University of Denver. 2200 South Race Street, Denver, Colorado 80208. Date built: 1878 Gross square feet: 2206. - Alternate name: Evans Chapel. Constructed in 1878, first called Grace Church (on 14th and Bannock), Evans Chapel was moved to The University of Denver campus in 1961. On December 27, 1974, it was added to National Register of Historic Places as building number 74000567.

Citation:
Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg.160).



University of Denver. (1975). Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. The State Historical Society of Colorado. Letter to DU. [U123.01.0004.0006]

Biography

Announced in the January 12, 1960 issue of the Denver Clarion, that the Evans Memorial Chapel, donated to the University would be completed by the middle of April 1961. Evans Chapel, originally located at 13th and Bannock St., started in 1873, when the Sunday School Mission of Saint Lawrence Street Chapel needed a building. THe group met in a reconstructed barn at 1353 D St., which is now Delaware Street.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

The Denver Clarion, vol. 36, issue 22, 1960 January 12

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Identifier: clarion_v036i22_19600112
Abstract

Canterbury to Sponsor Talk by Pollard. DU Registers 5,242 Students This Quarter. Names to be Submitted for Campus Commission Award. New Chapel to be Complete During this Spring Quarter; Donated by John Evans, Sr. Stanford Offer Graduate Grants. Tickets Being Sold for Jazz Concert. Beta Alpha Psi Initiates Nine Men. Cashier Window Hours Announced.

Dates: 1960 January 12