St Elizabeth's Chapel, Sudbury
- Address: 440 Concord Rd
- Vicinity: Plympton Rd
St Elizabeth's Chapel is a 20th century rough, stone chapel in Sudbury, MA. - AsNotedIn
St Elizabeth's Chapel is a 20th century rough, stone chapel in Sudbury, MA. - AsNotedIn
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1912/00/00 | Ralph Adams Cram | Architect | With no working plans for the construction of the chapel until it was practically finished, construction begins on a private, stone, Chapel of St Elizabeth of Hungary for the Cram family. | |||
1913/00/00 | Two local laborers, Christino Alberico and John Smith, split and installed stone for St Elizabeth's Chapel. All the stones came from field walls on the Cram estate. | |||||
1914/07/00 | The little stone chapel of St Elizabeth of Hungary is completed just as World War I begins and is blessed by Father Powell, Superior of the Society of St John the Evangelist (aka The Cowley Fathers). | |||||
1922/02/00 | Ralph Adams Cram | Designer | Cram spends his winter vacation in Spain, it is his first awareness of Spanish Gothic architecture. The retablo at St Elizabeth's is a 16th century Spanish triptych (3 paneled paintings on wood) brought back by the family from one of their trips to Spain. | |||
1942/09/24 | Ralph Adams Cram | In Memoriam | Ralph Adams Cram is buried at the St Elizabeth's Memorial Churchyard in Sudbury, MA. The head and footstones are of blue slate. | |||
1943/00/00 | Charles J Connick | Artisan | The original window over the front door is replaced by a stained glass Rose Window, a memorial gift by Betty Cram for her father and mother. It depicts the Nativity, the Annunciation, the Archangel Raphael and St Elizabeth of Hungary. |
Particulars for St Elizabeth's Chapel, Sudbury: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Sight Category | Building |
Historic Use | Chapel |
Building Type | Church |
Historic Use | Graves, burials |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
Building Attribute | Stained Glass |
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