The Goddard Chapel
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
The Goddard Chapel
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I have always loved this beautiful old chapel and remember staring out the car window in excitement and with a bit of trepidation just waiting to get my first glimpse of it as we headed down 37. It became even more interesting to me when I discovered that an ancestor of mine built it, and the two prominent tombstones on either side are ancestors too.
I have been planning this image for a long time. It could also be called, "Memories of my Youth," for when cemeteries were scary places to visit. This is what it looks like in my mind's eye as a five year old. Lot's of symbolism here...
Constructed in 1918, the chapel cost $20,000 to build. It is designed in the Gothic Revival style and built of Bedford limestone with a red clay tile roof. The doors and windows to the church are set in a variety of Gothic arches; the doors are set within shoulder arches, the front window is in a depressed arch, and the side and back windows are set in lancet arches. The church's stained art glass windows all feature a lily pattern. Built for the city by Leroy A. Goddard, his name has been perpetuated in stone over the entrance to the chapel. The church will seat 200 people.
The Goddard Chapel is located in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion, Illinois, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Copyright 2018 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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March 30th, 2018
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