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Chapel, St. Augustine College

The chapel is one of the oldest surviving buildings on Saint Augustine's campus. Students built the irregular T-shaped chapel of native granite under the direction of Rev. Henry Beard Delany. The broad overhangs of the gable roof are reminiscent of early Gothic buildings.

Date: 1895

Images

Chapel at St. Augustine's College, 2011
Chapel at St. Augustine's College, 2011 Image courtesy of D. Cicone, Capital City Camera Club.
Chapel, St. Augustine College, 1980s
Chapel, St. Augustine College, 1980s Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.
Chapel at St. Augustine's College, 2011
Chapel at St. Augustine's College, 2011 Entrance. Image courtesy of D. Cicone, Capital City Camera Club.
Chapel at St. Augustine College, 1898
Chapel at St. Augustine College, 1898 Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.
Chapel, St. Augustine College, 1979
Chapel, St. Augustine College, 1979 Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.
Chapel, St. Augustine College, ca. 1906
Chapel, St. Augustine College, ca. 1906 1905-1906 St. Augustine Catalog. Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.

Location

St. Augustine's Campus

Metadata

RHDC, “Chapel, St. Augustine College,” Raleigh Historic, accessed May 12, 2024, https://raleighhistoric.org/items/show/46.