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Ira Allen Chapel is a secular chapel on the campus of the University of Vermont (UVM), which is located on the northeast corner of the "University Green" in Burlington, Vermont. The building was constructed during 1925–26, [ 4 ] and dedicated on January 14, 1927. [ 5 ]
Ira Allen Chapel 5 170 feet [14] [15] [16] Burlington 1925 Church steeple Montpelier City Hall: 4 136 feet Montpelier: 1909 Vermont State House: 2 140 feet Montpelier 1859 St. Mary Star of the Sea: 2 114 feet Newport: 1904 Church steeple
Ira Allen Chapel at the University of Vermont On October 25, 1790, Ira Allen was commissioned Major General of the Third Division of the Vermont State Militia by Governor Thomas Chittenden . [ 15 ] He went to France in 1795 and sought French army intervention for seizing Canada in order to create an independent republic called United Columbia ...
Gravesite – Ira Allen Chapel, University of Vermont, Burlington. The gravesite of 19th-century financier James Fisk at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro, shown Aug. 9, 2024.
Kevin Graffagnino's "Ira Allen: A Biography" examines the complex and often disliked Vermonter, who was the first person to donate land for UVM. 'A difficult Founding Father to love': New ...
On the east side of the green are some of the university's finest buildings, including the Ira Allen Chapel (1926, McKim, Meade & White), the Billings Memorial Library (1883, H.H. Richardson), Williams Hall (1884, Wilson Brothers), the Old Mill (1825), the university's oldest surviving building, and Morrill Hall (1907, C.W. Buckham). The short ...
The Ira Allen Chapel, on the grounds of the University of Vermont campus, was completed in 1926, and was designed in the Georgian Revival style by McKim, Mead & White. The chapel's flashing beacon provides a nighttime landmark for those approaching Burlington from Lake Champlain. The chapel is part of the University Green Historic District. [96]
Several other University of Vermont campus buildings were designed by McKim, Mead & White, the earliest being the Ira Allen Chapel (1926) with the last being the Waterman Building (1940–41). The Fleming Museum building is an example of Colonial Revival architecture , with red bricks and boarding wood trim bordered white.