St. Joan of Arc Chapel

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St. Joan of Arc Chapel, Marquette University
Religion
Affiliation Catholic
District Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee
StatusActive
Location
Location Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
State Wisconsin
Geographic coordinates 43°02′15″N87°55′52″W / 43.03763°N 87.93108°W / 43.03763; -87.93108
Architecture
Architect(s) Jacques Couëlle, John Russell Pope, Lucien David and Earnest Bonnamy (restorations)
Type Chapel
Style Gothic
Completedc. 1420 for original structure
May 26, 1966 in Milwaukee
Materials Stone, wood
Website
marquette.edu/chapel

St. Joan of Arc Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel today located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, on the campus of Marquette University, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. It was dedicated to Joan of Arc on 26 May 1966, after it had been moved from its previous location on Long Island, New York. It was originally built in the Rhône River Valley in France. [1]

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History

In France

Originally named "Chapelle de St. Martin de Seyssuel", the chapel was built over several generations in the French village of Chasse-sur-Rhône, south of Lyon. [2] It is estimated that it was erected around the 15th century. The building was abandoned after the French Revolution and fell into ruin. [3] According to a sign on display at the original site in France, Joan of Arc may have visited and prayed at the chapel on 9 March 1429 after meeting King Charles VII of France. Legend relates that Joan prayed to a statue of the Virgin Mary while standing on a flat stone which is now behind the altar. Afterwards, she knelt down and kissed the stone, and ever since, the temperature of the stone has been colder than those that surround it. [4]

After World War I, the young architect Jacques Couëlle rediscovered the chapel and negotiated its transfer to the Brookville (New York) home of Gertrude Hill Gavin, the daughter of James J. Hill, best known as the founder of the Great Northern Railway. Couëlle went so far as to refer to the chapel as "ce monument absolument unique en son genre" (the most absolutely unique monument of its kind). [5]

In New York

The chapel was shipped to New York in 1927 and reconstructed there for Gertrude Hill Gavin, its new owner, by John Russell Pope. There it was attached to a mock French Renaissance chateau. Although the chateau burned down in 1962, the chapel was not damaged.

After Gavin died, her estate passed to Marc B. Rojtman and his wife, Lillian. who decided to present the chapel to Marquette University in 1964. [1]

At Marquette University

The transfer of the chapel took more than nine months, and another eight months passed before reconstruction began. Lucien David and Earnest Bonnamy planned the second reconstruction. [1]

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References

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