Heinz Memorial Chapel
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Heinz Memorial Chapel is a landmark building along Bellefield Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.
It is one of two buildings, the other being Stephen Foster Memorial, designed by Charles Klauder to accompany his Cathedral of Learning.
The Chapel was conceived by Henry John Heinz, the founder of the H. J. Heinz Company, to honor his mother, Anna Margaretta Heinz. Mr. Heinz, who died in 1919, arranged for it in his will, and his three surviving children added to the bequest. The Chapel was dedicated in 1938. The Heinz family intended the Chapel to be interdenominational, and it remains so today.
According to the university, more than 1,500 events—religious services, weddings, concerts, classes, memorial services, and guided tours—take place here annually involving more than 100,000 people.
[edit] References
- Alberts, Robert C. (1987). Pitt: The Story of the University of Pittsburgh 1787-1987. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-1150-7.
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