Thorncrown Chapel
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| location | Eureka Springs , Carroll County , Arkansas | ||
| Coordinates | 36 ° 25 ′ 1 ″ N , 93 ° 46 ′ 13 ″ W | ||
| Built | 1980 | ||
| architect | E. Fay Jones | ||
| Architectural style | Modern | ||
| NRHP number | 97000452 | ||
| The NRHP added | April 28, 2000 | ||
Thorncrown Chapel is a chapel in Eureka Springs in the US state of Arkansas . It was designed by the architect E. Fay Jones and completed in 1980.
The chapel is located west of the village of Eureka Springs on a hill of the Ozarks in the middle of the forest. Jim Reed, the owner of the property, planned to build a place of worship for travelers and day trippers in the 1970s . For this he commissioned the architect E. Fay Jones. Construction began on March 23, 1979, and the chapel was opened on July 10, 1980.
The Thorncrown Chapel rises 14.63 meters above a stone floor as a light wooden frame construction. The spaces between the walls result in 425 windows filled with over 550 square meters of glass. In 1989 the Thorncrown Worship Center, also designed by Jones and designed for 300 people, was opened next to the chapel.
Thorncrown Chapel has become a popular destination and venue, especially for weddings. The building won various awards, including the AIA Arkansas Design Award and the AIA Gulf States Region Award for Excellence in 1980, the American Wood Council First Honor Award in 1981, and the AIA's Twenty-five Year Award in 2006 . The Worship Center received the American Wood Council Merit Award in 1991. On April 28, 2000, the chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places .
Web links
- Site of the Thorncrown Chapel
- University of Arkansas Libraries: Fay Jones Collection: Thorncrown Chapel
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Emporis : Thorncrown Chapel . Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ A b University of Arkansas Libraries: Fay Jones Collection: Thorncrown Chapel . Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ↑ a b c Web site of the Thorncrown Chapel . Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ Dell Upton: Architecture in the United States. Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-19-284217-6
- ↑ American Institute of Architects : Twenty Five Year Award Recipients . Retrieved May 24, 2010
- ^ University of Arkansas Libraries: Fay Jones Collection: Thorncrown Worship Center . Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ Thorncrown Chapel in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 29, 2017.