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Alumni, family gifts grace the Chapel |
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Designed by James Darrach, Hill class of 1893, the chapel, with its Romanesque-Gothic features, was the first building on campus of this architectural style. The interior of the chapel is adorned with beautiful fixtures that have been donated by alumni in honor of loved ones. Bronze memorial plaques engraved with the names of alumni line the walls of the chapel. The bell that rings in the tower today is the same one donated by the class of 1926 more than 75 years ago.
Other chapel gifts donated by or in memory of alumni include the following:
- The interior lights were given in memory of Edith Romeyn Darrach, mother of a former Hill trustee, Dr. William Darrach, class of 1893.
- The burning lamp in the sanctuary is a memorial to Benjamin C. Plummer ’26.
- In memory of M. Barry O’Meara ’39, his parents presented the School with the altar and Celtic cross.
- The chimes in the chapel tower were donated by Briggs S. Cunningham, Jr. ’26 in 1950.
- On Easter Sunday 1939, the brilliant stained glass windows located in the apse of the chapel were presented by Frank DuPont ’13 in memory of his brother, Eleuthere ’20, and his parents, General and Mrs. T. Coleman DuPont.
- In 1947, the south window of the chapel was dedicated as a memorial to a former headmaster, Alfred G. Rolfe.
- Also in 1947, the beautiful Lectern Bible was donated by Philip H. Glatfelter ’10 in memory of his son, William ’36.
- The John Gray Kendall ’26 Memorial Fund was established to maintain and preserve the beauty of the Alumni Memorial Chapel organ. John Kendall was a former Hill English teacher, golf coach, assistant dean, and director of public relations.
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