Old Cadet Chapel (West Point)

Old Cadet Chapel
Old Cadet Chapel
	41°23′55″N 73°58′01″W / 41.39861°N 73.96694°W
Location	West Point Cemetery, United States Military Academy
Country	United States
Denomination	Lutheran
History
Former name(s)	Cadet Chapel
Status	Church
Founded	1836
Dedicated	1910 (in current location)
Architecture
Architectural type	Greek Revival architecture
Completed	1836

The Old Cadet Chapel at the United States Military Academy is a church and location of funeral and memorial services. It is the oldest chapel at West Point, having originally been built in 1836.^[1] The chapel was originally located in the cadet area near present-day Bartlett Hall, but was disassembled brick-by-brick and moved to the West Point Cemetery when the current Cadet Chapel opened in 1910. Lutheran services are held at the old chapel on Sunday mornings during the school year.

There are marble plaques on the walls commemorating the generals of the American Revolution. Benedict Arnold's plaque contains only the inscription "Major General — Born 1740", his name and the year of his death is omitted due to his treason.^[2]

Before the chapel was moved to the cemetery
Interior, c1896
Interior, 2010

References

^ "Old Cadet Chapel". USMA.edu. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
^ Atkinson, Rick (2013). The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966. Henry Holt and Company. p. 1. ISBN 9780805099638.

External links

Media related to Old Cadet Chapel (West Point) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Old Cadet Chapel". USMA.edu. Retrieved 2009-12-23.

[2] Atkinson, Rick (2013). The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966. Henry Holt and Company. p. 1. ISBN 9780805099638.

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