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Principia College, Chapel, 1 Maybeck Place, Elsah, Jersey County, IL

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Principia College, Chapel, 1 Maybeck Place, Elsah, Jersey County, IL

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Summary

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: Bernard Maybeck's Depression-era masterpiece of campus planning an architecture sits on a verdant bluff overlooking the Mississippi River Valley... The Chapel was built between 1931-1934 in a Colonial Revival Style. The irregular spacing of the windows of the Chapel, which is uncharacteristic of the Colonial Revival Style, is consistent with the picturesque qualities of the Chapel green, on which the Chapel sits, and the English village atmosphere Maybeck created through the master plan and the architecture of the other campus buildings... The Principia College has maintained its original function as an educational and research facility for Christian Scientists.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1449
Survey number: HABS IL-324-A
Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 93001605

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Date

1934 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Maybeck, Bernard, architect
Kapp, Paul A., AIA, faculty sponsor
Pawlias, Lori, delineator
Pogorelac, Chelsea, delineator
Stoller, Laura, delineator
Latino, Anthony, delineator
Anderson, Ryan, delineator
Mason, Anne, transmitter
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Elsah (Ill.)38.94883, -90.34846
Google Map of 38.9488338, -90.34846329999999
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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