St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island

St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island
St Peter's Chapel in Chapel Park at Mare Island, Vallejo, California
Location1181 Walnut Avenue, Vallejo, California 94592
Coordinates38°5′40″N 122°16′13″W / 38.09444°N 122.27028°W / 38.09444; -122.27028
AreaChapel Park, Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Built1901-1904, dedicated 13 October 1901
ArchitectAlbert Sutton
Architectural styleShingled Gothic church
NRHP reference No.75002103[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP15 May 1975
Designated NHL15 May 1975

St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island (locally, St. Peter's Chapel) is an historic church building located on Walnut near Cedar Avenues, Vallejo, Solano County, California, in the historic core of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. It is the first Naval chapel in the Pacific, the first interdenominational chapel in the armed services,[2] and the second chapel built on a U.S. Navy property, the first being the original Naval chapel in Annapolis replaced in 1904.[3]

Dedicated on 13 October 1901, St. Peter's Chapel is the oldest extant Naval chapel in the United States and has one of the largest collection of Tiffany windows in situ under one roof.[4] It is "a key contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and a National Historic Landmark, and individually, as one of the most important chapels owned by the U.S. Navy."[5]: 2 

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "St. Peter's Chapel: [Vallejo] City Landmark No. 10. Dedicated on October 13, 1988". HMdb.org. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  3. ^ "St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California". atlasobscura.com. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference tiffany census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ McDonald, Melissa (1999). "Mare Island Naval Shipyard, St. Peter's Chapel. HABS No. CA-1543-C" (PDF). Library of Congress. Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service. Retrieved 24 June 2024.