Built 1851 Opened 1851 | NRHP Reference # 73000351 Added to NRHP 22 May 1973 | |
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Location College St. at Thach Ave., Auburn, Alabama Architectural styles Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic architecture Similar Salem‑Shotwell Covered Bridge, Spring Villa, Langdon Hall, Old Rotation, Tuskegee National Forest | ||
The Auburn University Chapel is the second-oldest building and oldest building in its original location on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.
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Map of University Chapel, Auburn, AL 36830, USA
History
The chapel was built in 1851 as a Presbyterian church in the Greek Revival style. During the Civil War, the building briefly served as a Confederate hospital for wounded soldiers, and later in the century was temporarily divided into classrooms when the main building of the nearby Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College burned in 1887.
Around 1900, the church was renovated in a Gothic style. The building was sold to the college in 1921, where it became the YMCA/YWCA center for a few years. From 1927 to 1973, it housed the Auburn Players Theater, the college's acting troupe. Between 1973 and 1976, the structure underwent a significant renovation for conversion to the Auburn University Chapel, an interdenominational, multipurpose building, a function it still serves today. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Auburn Players Theater on May 22, 1973.