The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel

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St. Joseph Memorial Chapel (ca. 1923), College of the Holy Cross

Institution Name: College of the Holy Cross
Original/Historic Place Name: Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel
Location on Campus: Fenwick Terr.
Date(s) of Construction:

1923	original construction Maginnis, Charles D. Maginnis & Walsh

Designer: Charles D. Maginnis; Maginnis & Walsh
Type of Place: Individual building
Style: Beaux-Arts classicism (Glossary)
Significance:
Narrative: see below
References: see below

Materials:

Foundation: stone

Walls: brick

Roof: slate

Function:

1923-present (2006)

chapel

Narrative:
The Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel was constructed in 1928 and dedicated to the memory of the sons of Holy Cross killed in World War I. It was rededicated in 1946 to also honor the memory of the sons of Holy Cross killed in World War II, and once again in 1987 to the memory of the sons of Holy Cross who died in the Korean War and in the Vietnam War. Three wood-carved monuments located on the inside wall of the west narthex bear the names of those memorialized.

References:

Holy Cross College [College of the Holy Cross]. National Register of Historic Places designation report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, 1980.