Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel

	Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	1934 image of the building from the Historic American Buildings Survey
Location	Godfrey Rd., Godfrey, Illinois
Coordinates	38°57′1″N 90°11′29″W / 38.95028°N 90.19139°W
Area	0 acres (0 ha)
Built	1854
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	79000856
Added to NRHP	May 10, 1979

The Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel is a historic chapel located on the campus of Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Illinois, named for school and town founder Benjamin Godfrey. The chapel was built in 1854 to serve the Church of Christ, a church formed by three Christian denominations at the Monticello Female Seminary. The Greek Revival chapel has a raised temple front with six Doric columns supporting a pediment; a Gothic steeple rises above the entrance. The Historic American Buildings Survey documented the church in 1934 and named it one of the six most representative New England–style churches built outside of New England. Monticello Female Seminary, later known as Monticello College, used the chapel for daily religious services, convocation and commencement ceremonies, and student productions and performances. In 1971, Monticello College closed, and Lewis and Clark Community College took over its campus.^[2]

The chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 1979.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Brown, Orville E. (October 11, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2014.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Brown, Orville E. (October 11, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2014.

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