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Egner Memorial Chapel

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1931, Watson, Edkins and Thompson; Ruhe and Lang
  • Egner Memorial Chapel (© George E. Thomas)
  • (William E. Fischer, Jr.)

The Gothic Revival chapel follows the collegiate model with a long nave and only a subtle suggestion of a transept. An austere unadorned building, stone inside and out, its tall narrow proportions echo Zantzinger, Borie and Medary's St. Andrew's Chapel for the Philadelphia Divinity School ( PH148). A squared apse features five tall stained glass panels set above a carved oak retable. Small side aisles, dimly lit by widely spaced tiny stained glass windows, emphasize the building's appealing solidity. Above, narrow clerestory stained glass windows light the nave.

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Author: 
George E. Thomas
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George E. Thomas, "Egner Memorial Chapel", [Allentown, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-LH15.2.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 2

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 296-297.

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