U.S. Naval Academy, Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD
Summary
Significance: One of the major components of Ernest Flagg's grandiose plan for the Naval Academy. The chapel is a large and imposing exercise in the beaux-arts style. Its copper clad dome dominates the grounds of the Academy and is one of the dominant features of the Annapolis townscape.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132
Survey number: HABS MD-329-1
Building/structure dates: 1904-1908
Building/structure dates: 1911 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000386
Tags
churches
latin cross buildings
military education
navies
west annapolis
academy
naval academy
chapel
academy chapel
annapolis
arundel
anne arundel county
united states naval academy
maryland
us naval academy
colleges and universities
d m andrews
commerce iron works
paul philippe cret
janet davis
george dewey
ernest flagg
historic american buildings survey
john hnedak
jean antoine houdon
irwin and leighton
john paul jones
evelyn beatrice longman
john t lowe
noel construction company
sylvan salieres
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navy
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neoclassicism
beaux arts
architecture
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united states history
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Flagg, Ernest
Dewey, George
Jones, John Paul
Houdon, Jean-Antoine
Salieres, Sylvan
Cret, Paul Philippe
Noel Construction Company
Commerce Iron Works
Andrews, D M
Irwin & Leighton
Longman, Evelyn Beatrice
Lowe, John T., photographer
Hnedak, John, historian
Davis, Janet, historian
Location
West Annapolis
,
38.97845, -76.49218
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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