Rockefeller Chapel
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Rockefeller Chapel is the tallest building on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. It was meant by patron John D. Rockefeller to be the "central and dominant feature" of the campus.
Designed by architect Bertram Goodhue between 1918 and 1924, and built between 1925 and 1928 without the use of structural steel, it contains work by sculptor Lee Lawrie and mosaicist Hildreth Meiere. Today the chapel is used for ecumenical worship services, weddings, guest speakers, musical programs, and occasional film screenings. It occupies a full block and can seat 1700 people.
The chapel contains the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon and tower, a separate gift from Rockfeller in 1932 in honor of his mother. This 72-bell carillon is the second-largest carillon in the world, by mass, after the carillon at Riverside Church on the Upper West Side of New York City, which Rockefeller also funded in honor of his mother.
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