Wayfarers Chapel | |
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"The Glass Church" | |
Location | 5755 Palos Verdes Drive South Rancho Palos Verdes, California |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Swedenborgian |
Website | wayfarerschapel.org |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | National Historic Landmark |
Architect(s) | Lloyd Wright |
Style | Modernist |
Clergy | |
Minister(s) | Rev. David Brown (Director of Ministry) |
Wayfarers Chapel | |
Location | 5755 Palos Verdes Dr. S Rancho Palos Verdes, California |
Coordinates | 33°44′37.1″N 118°22′39.9″W / 33.743639°N 118.377750°W |
Area | 3.528 acres (1.428 ha) |
Built | 1951 |
NRHP reference No. | 05000210 (NRHP listing), 100009801 (NHL designation) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 11, 2005 |
Designated NHL | December 11, 2023 |
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Wayfarers Chapel, or "The Glass Church" is a chapel designed by Lloyd Wright that was located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The chapel had unique organic architecture sited on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean. Affiliated with the Swedenborgian Church of North America, it served as a memorial to the 18th-century scientist and theosopher Emanuel Swedenborg. Originally constructed in 1949, the chapel was dismantled in 2024 and carefully stored due to extreme earth movement that made the site no longer suitable.