St. Paul's Chapel

St Paul's Chapel was built between 1904 and 1907. It was dedicated in 1907. It was not designed by McKim, Mead, and White.

St. Paul's has a number of interesting architectural features. On the exterior, the Class of 1903 Bell is located outside rouchly above the left column of the front portico. It rings at 9:30am on the day of University Commencement to signal the beginning of the student procession.

The University motto is carved above the main door.

The torchieres in front of the building were donated and originally from Venice.

The interior of the chapel, one of the prettiest on campus, features a Guastavino tiled roof and John LaFarge stained glass windows behind the altar. The stained glass windows in the roof rotunda features the coats of arms of prominent New York families from the early 20th century.

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