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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 9 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1975-2000

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Identifier: U201.01.0018.0017.00021
Abstract

Exterior view of Evans Chapel and Harper Humanities Gardens on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with the silhouette of a student studying on the patio of Mary Reed Building in the foreground and other students sitting on the grass and rocks in the gardens.

Dates: between 1975-2000

University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1961-1990

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Identifier: U201.01.0018.0017.00023
Abstract

Exterior view of Evans Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with students sitting on the grass in the foreground.

Dates: between 1961-1990

University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1970-1995

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Identifier: U201.01.0018.0018.00003
Abstract

Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with a female student walking along the sidewalk in the foreground.

Dates: between 1970-1995

University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1990-2008

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Identifier: U201.01.0018.0018.00012
Abstract

Exterior view of students walking down the sidewalk towards Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1990-2008

University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1961-1990

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Identifier: U201.01.0018.0021.00019
Abstract

A group of students study the Bible while sitting on the stage of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1961-1990

University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1961-1990

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Identifier: U201.01.0018.0021.00020
Abstract

A group of students study the Bible while sitting on the stage of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with a large wooden cross on the wall behind them.

Dates: between 1961-1990

University of Denver Evans Chapel - Slides, 1977

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Identifier: U201.01.0018.0022.00041
Abstract

Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with students skateboarding in the empty concrete basin of the artificial pond in Harper Humanities Gardens in the foreground.

Dates: 1977

University of Denver Evans Chapel - Slides, 1984

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Identifier: U201.01.0018.0022.00089
Abstract

Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, seen through blurred foreground tree branches in Harper Humanities Gardens, with a student sitting on a rock in the foreground and Red Rocks Amphitheater in the distant background.

Dates: 1984

University of Denver Woodstock West Protest Crowd on Campus Hill, May 5th-13th 1970

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Identifier: M473.0001.0002.00005
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) students sit on campus hill outside Evan's Memorial Chapel as part of a multi-day Vietnam War protest nicknamed "Woodstock West" that took place both on the DU campus and downtown Denver, Colorado. Protesters mourn the killings of four students on the Kent State University campus days earlier.

Dates: May 5th-13th 1970