known chapel located university main campus new_brunswick new_jersey united_states university oldest extant buildings buildings located historic section university college avenue campus new_brunswick known built small private liberal arts college chapel designed architect beginning career native new_brunswick great great grandson president projects designed college named honour wife local attorney politician member board trustees death died named estate estate funded construction chapel according marked time new_jersey history institution direct heir estate chapel designed high victorian gothic revival style popular middle nineteenth century united_states design incorporated features common fourteenth century german english gothic churches according chapel stained glass windows feature sheet glass manufactured america chapel windows created studios included january national_register_of_historic_places july years chapel college library holding daily chapel services founded private college affiliated faith today state university chapel available students alumni faculty variety services held academic term university events including concerts alumni faculty weddings lectures prominent intellectuals world leaders history family died march age named estate time small private liberal arts college new_brunswick new_jersey affiliated faith founded queen college eighth oldest institution higher education established united_states colleges founded american colonies revolutionary war website states time new_jersey legal history institution direct heir estate daughter wealthy merchant land investor philadelphia married october attorney graduate princeton member wealthy prominent new_brunswick family pursued career politics children career elected county mayor new_brunswick member united_states house_of_representatives eighth congress served trustee years death remained new_brunswick husband death devoted member city later described having adorned profession christian deeds charity suffering son judge served chief justice grandson philadelphia merchant statesman colonel served speaker delegate judge mayor new_brunswick revolutionary war hero family long association subsequently members family served trustees received degrees college including following father graduate princeton taught queen received honorary masters served trustee brother graduate queen college nephew studied receiving bachelor degree nephew received bachelor degree later served college trustee received degree design construction trustees decided build college chapel funds available previously chapel services held inside old queen student body expanded 1850s 1860s larger space needed accommodate events death receiving estate trustees directed funds building university chapel young architect recently completed started firm hired trustees design addition housed located college avenue charged college work born raised new_brunswick received contract family connections great great grandfather president founders members family graduates trustees associated school nineteenth century grandfather served vice president college turned post president studied years apprentice german american architect connected projects city new_brunswick later designed sage library campus new_brunswick theological seminary earlier design seminary hall built completing addition hired design gothic revival style erected south old queen hall built funds received federal government new_jersey land grant college university fundraising campaign new chapel designed complement built old queen north projects designed beginning career later design hotels american cities including designing new_york_city plaza hotel building period buildings death architectural record celebrated august inspiring figures american architecture produced erected artillery captain commanding men placed cannons cover retreat george_washington forces british occupation new_york british victory taking fort washington november washington forces retreated new_jersey pennsylvania hamilton battery protected forces crossed passed new_brunswick british forces commanded lieutenant general lord orders lieutenant general 5th pursued washington far new_brunswick historic marker erected gift class located chapel completed cost dedicated december chapel seating people occupied section present building rear building lecture rooms office college president meeting room trustees floor library second floor august began convert large assembly room exclusively college chapel brother architect donated purpose honour ancestor served college president work proceeded quickly completed months college planned anniversary celebrations scheduled october inner separated chapel library rooms removed removal expanded capacity chapel persons current fire codes limit capacity college chapel present years daily worship services college student body increasing size student body forced stop daily mandatory chapel services hold services monday wednesday friday tuesday thursday years continued growth student body reduced schedule class meeting chapel day week sunday chapel services attended students chose remain campus weekend college new_brunswick campuses built donation later later merged transitioned private church affiliated college non public university world war role chapel transitioned frequent worship services religious use providing venue university special events including lectures programs classes despite transition chapel place continuing traditions university graduating classes stone exterior chapel carved class year early classes chose stone today new classes stones located class graduated years chapel frequently booked weddings memorial services concerts university member male musical groups university arts frequently use chapel concerts college library according building completed college president charged raising acquire reference books library survey reported held volumes college library libraries student literary societies president appointed recent alumnus serving college treasurer faculty secretary additional responsibilities librarian agreed devote hour day library work received month paid assistant week time library open daily noon increased holdings volumes informing president trustees library inadequate house collection trustees feared collection posed fire hazard collapse floor second floor library library chapel housed books crowded shelves hid floor library fast small accommodate reading college effort build new library publication wife contacted president library plans estimate construction costs wife wealth came inheritance family shipping business donated erect new library added total donors new building new library called hall built land donated began extend college campus west dedicated november anniversary signing college charter served school main library alexander library opened fully blind gave speech awarded honorary degree dedication ceremony notable events second forensic debate held society topic voting rights suffrage limited denied requirement age team won debate debate took place night societies american poet gave poetry reading chapel invitation english professor poet special ceremony held chapel june presented honorary doctor laws degree university granted grandmother queen netherlands bravery onset world war nazi occupation netherlands architecture designed complement exterior masonry constructed year new_jersey earlier proposal brick found expensive reddish brown sandstone houses buildings new_york_city new_jersey including old queen similar materials known popular constructing stone buildings properties rock allowed worked freely direction instead having cut direction grain design chapel attempted restrained approach gothic architecture typical examples victorian gothic facade porch buttresses described suggestive german gothic windows appearance described application inclusion similar english country church internally chapel nave arcade supported slender iron columns roof open timber black stained pine similarly library presently expanded chapel finished open roof native wood iron columns walls painted delicate chapel described alumnus architecture professor having particularly graceful interior wood light delicate proportions included january national_register_of_historic_places july fittings organ services augmented force large pipe organ regarded finest classical examples instrument state daughter alumnus donated college new organ father memory donation coincided anniversary year completion renovation remove dividing chapel library classrooms previously organ purchased class located gallery chapel built organ featured stops registers ranks pipes according skinner considered nation premier organ builder early twentieth century gave personal attention building organ purchase organ considered director music sought advice english noble installed music director episcopal fifth avenue 53rd street new_york_city dedicated april noble performed organ years skinner built organs installed churches united_states including new_york_city added organ ranks repaired organ components organ updated rebuilt successor company university oversaw work organ renamed expanded stops ranks pipes chapel organ gone silent years problems failures temporarily replaced state art electronic organ decided restore organ replace new pipe organ university considers possibility undertaking larger restoration chapel stained glass windows stained glass windows approximately windows chapel donated graduating classes turn nineteenth twentieth centuries windows depict class year phrases latin chapel windows designed crafted studios acquainted work according windows sheet glass manufactured america glass glass windows glass colour present caused manufacture colors superficial application metallic solutions windows studios include donated college class class window depicting joan arc donated memory sophomore committed suicide according window gift studios grandson wealthy manufacturer alumnus long serving trustee killed family aware romantic relationship woman negatively affected reputation designed large window chancel altar titled jesus teacher ages donated renovation chapel dedicated great great grandfather college president large window entrance chapel choir commemorates signing charter creating queen college new_jersey royal governor according star-ledger columnist charter window donated family commemorate anniversary signing dedicated ancestor early advocate establishing college sons sons instrumental raising funds political support establishing college windows chapel underwent year restoration beginning chapel windows direction studio jersey new_jersey portraits memorial plaques alumnus local attorney graduate class listed university publications collector portraits chapel effort collecting paintings portraying presidents prominent trustees professors chapel namesake portrait painted american artist named woman collection earliest portraits date eighteenth century walls inside adorned memorial plaques recording names graduates died war wrote names men women associated died line duty inscribed chapel service book number gold star scholarships established tribute number alumni killed action increased published conclusion vietnam war alumni killed vietnam recent conflicts middle_east present
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