John B. Begley Chapel

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Begley Chapel
John B. Begley Chapel
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Exterior of the chapel
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Begley Chapel
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Begley Chapel
Begley Chapel (the United States)
37°6′10″N85°18′0″W / 37.10278°N 85.30000°W / 37.10278; -85.30000
CountryUnited States
Website www.lindsey.edu/about-lwc/john-b-begley-chapel.cfm
History
StatusOpen
Founder(s) Lindsey Wilson College
DedicatedOctober 10, 1997
Architecture
Architect(s) Fay Jones
Groundbreaking November 16, 1996
Specifications
Width44 feet (13 m)
Height60 feet (18 m)
Number of floorsOne
Materials Brick, steel, glass, wood

John B. Begley Chapel is a chapel located on the campus of Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky designed by architect E. Fay Jones, completed in 1997. Jones' design was inspired by agricultural forms common to the surrounding area. [1]

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Architecture

Jones designed two adjacent cylindrical spaces linked by an arched brick tunnel. Both windowless brick cylinders are capped by steel and glass covers termed "crowns" by Jones. An 800-pound curved Ozark red oak door serves as the entry, set into a stepped brick door jamb. Kentucky contractor James N. Gray Company built the structure which was funded by an anonymous $2 million donation. [2]

Interior view of the chapel 20230817 028 KY Jones' Begley chapel.jpg
Interior view of the chapel

At an event celebrating its 20th anniversary, the chapel was described as “...a beautiful and unusual, symmetrical work of architecture that captures your eyes from the outside. Then if you walk on the inside, you find out there are no windows -- so it raises your gaze up to the heavens so that you can look to God.” [3]

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References

  1. "The John B. Begley Chapel" . Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. "John B. Begley Chapel" . Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  3. "LWC Community Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Begley Chapel" . Retrieved 24 September 2023.

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