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, between 1961-1980
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with students relaxing on the grass in the foreground and residence halls and the Student Union visible in the background.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1975-2000
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.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1975-2000
Exterior view of Evans Chapel and Harper Humanities Gardens on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with two unidentified persons walking on the sidewalk and a cumulonimbus cloud over Mount Evans in the background.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1961-1990
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.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1961-1990
University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter and three unidentified persons converse outside the entrance to Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1970-2000
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel and Harper Humanities Gardens on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with four unidentified persons conversing on the sidewalk in the foreground and Mount Evans in the background.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1970-1995
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.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1961-1970
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with an unidentified man standing in front of the stained-glass window at the end of the building.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, 1979
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, in winter.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, 1979
Exterior detail view of the cross atop the gable of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.