Evans Memorial Chapel (Denver, Colo.)
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 268 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos (UPC), 1959
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel being reconstructed on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, after being relocated from the downtown campus next to Grace Church. Mary Reed Building is visible in the background.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos (UPC), 1959
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel being reconstructed on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado after being relocated from the downtown campus next to Grace Church, with Mary Reed Building in the background.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos (UPC), 1959
Exterior view Evans Memorial Chapel being reconstructed on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado after being relocated from the downtown campus next to Grace Church. A semi trailer is parked next to the chapel, and Science Hall is visible in the background.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos (UPC), 1959
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel being reconstructed on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado after being relocated from the downtown campus next to Grace Church.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos (UPC), 1959
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel being reconstructed on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado after being relocated from the downtown campus next to Grace Church.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos (UPC), 1959
Exterior view of the reconstruction of the University of Denver's Evans Chapel at the University Park Campus in Denver, Colorado, with a young boy in the foreground.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos (UPC), 1959
Exterior view of a crane lifting a room beam onto Evans Memorial Chapel being reconstructed on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado after it was relocated from the downtown campus next to Grace Church.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos (UPC), 1959
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel being reconstructed on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado after being relocated from the downtown campus next to Grace Church.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos (UPC), 1959
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel being reconstructed on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado after being relocated from the downtown campus next to Grace Church.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos (UPC), 1959
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel being reconstructed on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado after being relocated from the downtown campus next to Grace Church.