Duke Chapel
The Duke Chapel (also Duke University Chapel ) is an ecumenical church on the West Campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. By Methodist roots of Duke University, she is historically closely related to the United Methodist Church. The from African-American architect Julian Abele F. (1881-1950) designed Neo-Gothic church was built in 1930-1932 as part of the new building of the West Campus of the University and officially inaugurated on June 2, 1935.
Description
The church tower ( Duke Chapel Tower ) has a height of 64 meters (210 feet) and is modeled after the crossing tower of Canterbury Cathedral ( Bell Harry Tower ); unlike the latter, he is but precedes the nave. He has a carillon of 50 bells, the largest about 5 tons ( 11,200 pounds).
The church is laid out in a cross shape. The nave extends including the chancel about 89 meters (291 feet ), the nave has a width of about 19 m, the transept of 34 m and the altar area of 9 m (54, 112, or 30 ft). The nave is 22 m high. The nave has some 1,600 persons space. The 77 windows were created over a period of 30 years by 15 artists. The glass needed for this was imported from England, Belgium and France. The windows show biblical scenes and figures.
Is connected to the Church of the Memorial Chapel with a size of 16 by 8 meters (54 ft × 26 ft). In it are the three founder and namesake of Duke University, Washington Duke and his two sons, James Buchanan and Benjamin Newton, buried in three sarcophagi. Below the chapel is a crypt in which are buried, among other things, some former president of the University as well as the wife of James B. Duke, Duke Nanaline Holt.
Organs
The church has two large organs. A 1932 by the Aeolian Organ Company (New York) built in the chancel and a 1976 by Flentrop Orgelbouw (Netherlands) finished in the arch between the narthex and nave. Another smaller Brombaugh organ (Eugene, Oregon) from 1997 is located in the Memorial Chapel.
The Kathleen Upton Byurns McClendon organ of the Aeolian Organ Company is located in two oak organ housings on both sides of the pulpit. The instrument has 100 registers ( 6,600 pipes ), some transmissions and extensions to four manual and pedal works, as well as 10 Effect tab. The play and Registertrakturen are electro- pneumatically. In 2008, the instrument by the organ builder Foley Baker Inc. has been reviewed and received a new table.
The Benjamin N. Duke Memorial Organ by Dirk A. Flentrop was designed to focus on Dutch and French organ of the 18th century. The organ has 65 registers ( 5,033 pipes ), including 19 tongues register. Works on four manual and pedal, with vorgelagertem Rückpositiv The organ case is made of African mahogany wood and designed in color.
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