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Spencer Chapel

Spencer Chapel

Title

Spencer Chapel

Description

Spencer Memorial Chapel was built in honor of Harry L. Spencer, who passed away on June 13th, 1913. Spencer held various positions including: President of the H.L. Spencer Company, wholesale grocers; President of the Oskaloosa National Bank; President of the Tolerton & Stetson Company, wholesale grocers; Vice President of the Letts Fletcher Company, wholesale grocers; Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors of the Oskaloosa Water Company; Director of the Oskaloosa Gas Light Company; and Director of the Oskaloosa Power and Land Company. Construction of the chapel began in 1921 and was completed in 1922. The chapel is composed of red brick with a tile roof to portray colonial-type architecture, and is completely fireproof. It contains a beautiful audience room that can hold approximately 1000 people. It also contains a lower level with offices that were once used by various social and literary groups on campus. The cost of the project was $100,000.

Source

Box 7

Publisher

William Penn Univeristy; Wilcox Library Digital Archives

Date

2012-06-05

Rights

www.wmpenn.edu/library/library.html

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

http://server16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p270701coll4,196