Old Chapel , formerly known as the Old Chapel Library , is a former library on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst that is on the National Register of Historic Places .
5-774: Old Chapel may refer to: Old Chapel (Amherst, Massachusetts) , also known as Old Chapel Library, a 19th-century building on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Old Chapel (Millwood, Virginia) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Virginia Old Chapel (Indianola, Iowa) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Iowa Fulwood Old Chapel , Sheffield, England Topics referred to by
10-553: Is a roughly square stone structure with a tower at its southeast corner. It is made primarily of granite, with sandstone trim and a slate roof. The tower features an open belfry with rounded arches, above which are gabled peaks with clock faces, and a diagonally set four-sided steeple at the top. According to the school, John F. Kennedy supposedly spoke at the Chapel during his 1952 U.S. Senate campaign , although this has never been confirmed. The chapel's original bell, "Old Aggie,"
15-504: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Old Chapel (Amherst, Massachusetts) Old Chapel was originally constructed in Richardson Romanesque -style between 1884 and 1887 at a cost of $ 25,000 (equivalent to $ 847,778 in today's dollars), to serve as a library, museum, and assembly hall. The building was designed by Worcester architect Stephen C. Earle , and
20-416: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Old Chapel . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old_Chapel&oldid=894781637 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-464: Was added in 1892, but has since been replaced by 44 carillon bells. Although the tower underwent a $ 1.65 million renovation in 1999, Old Chapel has been uninhabited since 1996, when the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band moved out due to unsafe conditions within the structure. Since then, a movement amongst alumni was created to further renovate the interior of the building so that
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