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'''Andrew Gerow Hodges Chapel''', dedicated in [[1995]], is the chapel at the [[Beeson Divinity School]] at [[Samford University]]. When the school was founded in [[1988]], donor [[Ralph Beeson]] requested that the school provide a "special" chapel. The chapel, designed by [[Davis Architects]], hosts weekly services as well as special lectures and music concerts. It is open during the week for individual prayer or for tours. | '''Andrew Gerow Hodges Chapel''', dedicated in [[1995]], is the chapel at the [[Beeson Divinity School]] at [[Samford University]]. When the school was founded in [[1988]], donor [[Ralph Beeson]] requested that the school provide a "special" chapel. The chapel, designed by [[Davis Architects]], hosts weekly services as well as special lectures and music concerts. It is open during the week for individual prayer or for tours. | ||
Previously, the space where the chapel is located was [[Crawford Johnson Hall]], a men's dormitory. When Beeson Divinity was formed, the building was converted from a dormitory to an academic building, with a chapel built in the middle. | |||
The cruciform chapel is designed in a neo-classical style with a decorative scheme based on churches of the Italian and English Renaissance. In particular it evokes ''Il Redentore'', a chapel in Venice designed by Andrea Palladio. The chapel's dome, clad in copper, is 41 feet in diameter and extends to a height of 110 feet. Interior murals depicting the seasons of the Christian calendar, the heavenly host on the interior of the dome, and portraits of figures important to the history of Christianity, were commissioned from Romanian-born artist Petru Botezatu. The pulpit features carved sculptures of four great preachers of the Word, created by the Létourneau Organ Company, which also constructed the chapel organ. All of the casework, carvings, furnishings and wood trim were produced from aged cherry donated by [[John P. Mims]]. Stone carvings depicting 26 Christian martyrs and bas reliefs of the Apostles' Creed and of the four evangelists were created in cultured marble by Martin Dawes of Cherrylion Studios. | The cruciform chapel is designed in a neo-classical style with a decorative scheme based on churches of the Italian and English Renaissance. In particular it evokes ''Il Redentore'', a chapel in Venice designed by Andrea Palladio. The chapel's dome, clad in copper, is 41 feet in diameter and extends to a height of 110 feet. Interior murals depicting the seasons of the Christian calendar, the heavenly host on the interior of the dome, and portraits of figures important to the history of Christianity, were commissioned from Romanian-born artist Petru Botezatu. The pulpit features carved sculptures of four great preachers of the Word, created by the Létourneau Organ Company, which also constructed the chapel organ. All of the casework, carvings, furnishings and wood trim were produced from aged cherry donated by [[John P. Mims]]. Stone carvings depicting 26 Christian martyrs and bas reliefs of the Apostles' Creed and of the four evangelists were created in cultured marble by Martin Dawes of Cherrylion Studios. | ||
Revision as of 16:39, 5 August 2008
Andrew Gerow Hodges Chapel, dedicated in 1995, is the chapel at the Beeson Divinity School at Samford University. When the school was founded in 1988, donor Ralph Beeson requested that the school provide a "special" chapel. The chapel, designed by Davis Architects, hosts weekly services as well as special lectures and music concerts. It is open during the week for individual prayer or for tours.
Previously, the space where the chapel is located was Crawford Johnson Hall, a men's dormitory. When Beeson Divinity was formed, the building was converted from a dormitory to an academic building, with a chapel built in the middle.
The cruciform chapel is designed in a neo-classical style with a decorative scheme based on churches of the Italian and English Renaissance. In particular it evokes Il Redentore, a chapel in Venice designed by Andrea Palladio. The chapel's dome, clad in copper, is 41 feet in diameter and extends to a height of 110 feet. Interior murals depicting the seasons of the Christian calendar, the heavenly host on the interior of the dome, and portraits of figures important to the history of Christianity, were commissioned from Romanian-born artist Petru Botezatu. The pulpit features carved sculptures of four great preachers of the Word, created by the Létourneau Organ Company, which also constructed the chapel organ. All of the casework, carvings, furnishings and wood trim were produced from aged cherry donated by John P. Mims. Stone carvings depicting 26 Christian martyrs and bas reliefs of the Apostles' Creed and of the four evangelists were created in cultured marble by Martin Dawes of Cherrylion Studios.
In 2002 the chapel was rededicated in honor of Andrew Hodges, a friend and advisor of Beeson's.
References
- Andrew Gerow Hodges Chapel guidebook. Beeson Divinity School. Samford University.
External links
- Andrew Gerow Hodges Chapel page at beesondivinity.com