Chapel of the Transfiguration
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| Nearest city | Moose, Wyoming |
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| Built | 1925 |
| Architect | C.B. Loomis |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/Craftsman, Other |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004055 |
| Added to NRHP | April 10, 1980[1] |
The Chapel of the Transfiguration is a small log chapel in Grand Teton National Park, in the community of Moose. The chapel was sited and built to frame a view of the Cathedral Group of peaks in a large window behind the altar. The chapel, which was built in 1925, is owned and operated by St. John's Episcopal Church in Jackson.[2]
The chapel complex is composed of the chapel itself, an entrance canopy that incorporates a small bell tower, and a storage shed. The chapel and accessory buildings were designed by C.B. Loomis in a rustic style, also called Western Craftsman. The entrance canopy aligns the approach on the desired axis to the Cathedral Group and provides shelter to the chain-operated bell.[3] Access to the chapel is by boardwalk, leading to a beveled plank door with decorative ironwork. The 22-foot (6.7 m) by 50-foot (15 m) T-shaped chapel has exposed log interior walls with stained glass windows on either side.[4] Behind the altar on the chapel's axis, a picture window that would be anachronistic in another setting frames a spectacular view that substitutes for a stained glass composition. A sacristy stands to one side.[5]
The chapel was built to serve guests and employees of the dude ranches that stretched north of Jackson along the base pof the Teton Range. The land was donated by Maud Noble, owner of nearby Menor's Ferry predating the national park. The design was based on Our Father's House in Ethete on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Construction materials, labor and funds were provided by local ranchers.[5]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Chapel of the Transfiguration". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. 2008-08-12.
- ^ Kaiser, Harvey (1997). "Landmarks in the Landscape", San Francisco: Chronicle Books ISBN 0-8118-1854-3, p. 160
- ^ Kaiser, Harvey (2008). "The National Park Architecture Sourcebook", New York: Princeton Architectural Press ISBN 978-2-56898-742-2, p. 251
- ^ a b Fraser, Clayton (February 25, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Chapel of the Transfiguration" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
External links
- Chapel of the Transfiguration at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
