Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel
Battell Chapel in 2019
General information
Architectural style	High Victorian Gothic
Address	400 College Street
Town or city	New Haven, Connecticut
Country	United States
Construction started	1874
Completed	1876
Client	Yale University
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Russell Sturgis, Jr.

Battell Chapel is the largest chapel of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Built in 1874–76, it was funded primarily with gifts from Joseph Battell and others of his family. Succeeding two previous chapel buildings on Yale's Old Campus, it provided space for daily chapel services, which were mandatory for Yale College students until 1926 (all-male, mostly Protestant).^[1] Together with Durfee Hall and Farnam Hall, the chapel was part of a program begun in the 1870s to build up the perimeter of Old Campus and separate it from the rest of the city. These three buildings, all by the same architect, were among the first at Yale to be named for donors rather than function, location, or legislative funding.

Battell Chapel is one of the locations on the Connecticut Freedom Trail.