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Rainier Chapter House (1920–1925), Daughters of the American Revolution, 800 East Roy Street, Seattle, Washington, Daniel Riggs Huntington, architect. [9] Washington's Birthday Celebration Association Building, 1819 East Hillside Road, Laredo, Texas. Mount Vernon Office (1987), Arlington Cemetery, 2900 State Road, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
A chapter house or chapterhouse is a building or room that is part of a cathedral, monastery or collegiate church in which meetings are held. When attached to a cathedral, the cathedral chapter meets there. In monasteries, the whole community often met there daily for readings and to hear the abbot or senior monks talk.
The east ends of a number of other cathedrals, such as Durham, Peterborough and Gloucester, have been modified in various ways and do not fit any particular model. If there is a polygonal chapter house, a distinctive English feature, it will be in this area. [38] Lichfield Cathedral, postcard, 1888.
The famous chapterhouse window, designed by Diogo de Arruda [1] in 1510-1513. Diogo de Arruda (before 1490 – 1531) was a noted Portuguese architect that was active during the early years of the 16th century.
The first chapter house built by a women's fraternity was the one Alpha Phi erected at Syracuse University in 1886. [ 6 ] Many colleges eventually came to support fraternity and sorority housing as they allowed increased enrollment without the construction of costly dormitories.
Many churches of abbey foundation, are or previously were, part of a monastic complex that includes dormitories, refectory, cloisters, library, chapter house and other such buildings. In many parts of the world, abbey churches frequently served the local community as well as the monastic community.
1926 Model Brick Home: December 6, 2016 : 2600 E. Montlake Pl. 6 ... Daughters of the American Revolution-Rainier Chapter House. March 20, 2019
Comic House (formerly Chapterhouse) [4] is a Canadian comic publishing company [5] that publishes books featuring classic Canadian comic book characters such as Captain Canuck and Northguard in a unified comic book universe under Lev Gleason.