St. Paul's Chapel (Columbia University)

St. Paul's Chapel
St. Paul's Chapel in 2014
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General information
Architectural styleByzantine, Renaissance Revival
LocationColumbia University, New York City, New York
Coordinates40°48′28.2″N 73°57′39.4″W / 40.807833°N 73.960944°W / 40.807833; -73.960944
Construction started1904
Completed1907
Design and construction
Architect(s)I. N. Phelps Stokes
Architecture firmHowells & Stokes
DesignatedJune 9, 1978
Reference no.06101.000082
DesignatedSeptember 20, 1966
Reference no.0305

St. Paul's Chapel, on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City, is an Episcopal church built in 1903–07 and designed by I. N. Phelps Stokes, of the firm of Howells & Stokes. The exterior is in the Northern Italian Renaissance Revival style while the interior is Byzantine.[1]

Although the chapel was part of their master plan, it was the first building on the campus that was not designed by McKim, Mead & White.[2] The chapel was the gift of Olivia Egleston Phelps Stokes and Caroline Phelps Stokes, the sisters of philanthropist Anson Phelps Stokes, in memory of their parents. Attached to their donation was the requirement that their nephew, I. N. Phelps Stokes, the author of The Iconography of Manhattan Island, design the building.[1][3][4]

  1. ^ a b New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
  2. ^ Lauber, Kate. "St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11465-2..1141
  3. ^ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 498. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
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