St. James Memorial Chapel | |
Location | IN 9, just S of Cty Rd. 600 N., Howe Military School Howe, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 41°43′27.72″N85°25′29.33″W / 41.7243667°N 85.4248139°W Coordinates: 41°43′27.72″N85°25′29.33″W / 41.7243667°N 85.4248139°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1902 |
Architect | Sutcliffe, John |
Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 01000989 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 16, 2001 |
St. James Memorial Chapel is a former Episcopal chapel located on the grounds of Howe Military School, in Howe, Indiana. It was built in 1902, and is a one-story, Tudor Revival style brick building sheathed with a limestone veneer. It measures 152 feet by 64 feet, and has additions made in 1909, 1914 (Mother's Chapel), and 1955. The building features a two-story, crenellated corner tower. [2] :5
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 16, 2001. [1] In 2016 the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana disassociated and ended the relationship between the Episcopal Church and Howe Military School. The Chapel is no longer under the care of the Episcopal Church and cannot be regarded as Episcopal.
Buried in the chapel's crypt are the founders of Howe Military School, John Badlam Howe, (1812–1883) and Frances Marie (Glidden) Howe, his wife. Also buried there are the first four bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana and the wives of three of them, as follows:
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