| Brophy College Chapel | |
| Location: | 4701 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona |
| Coordinates: | 33.505°N -112.0719°W |
| Built: | 1928 |
| Architect: | Lescher & Mahoney
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| Architecture: | Mission/Spanish Revival |
| Added: | August 10, 1993 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 93000747 |
Brophy College Chapel is a chapel at Brophy College Preparatory, a Jesuit high school in Phoenix, Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
The building was constructed in 1928 along with the original school as a donation from Mrs. William Henry Brophy in memory of her late husband.[1] The Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival building was built from brick with stucco facing, along with clay tile for the roof. The chapel is a two and a half tall square building measuring 100x100 feet. Pilasters divide the building into vertical bays. It was designed by Lescher & Mahoney, architects who designed several other NRHP-listed buildings in Phoenix.
Situated along Phoenix's Central Avenue in mid-town, the bell tower of the chapel, which is 135feet tall and topped with a dome and cross, is the focal point of the campus and serves as Brophy's logo.
The building's altar is pink tufa, quarried near Wickenburg, designed in a Mexican baroque style.[1] A painting of the Holy Family by an unknown Italian artist of the 15th century is framed above. Inside the sacristy, a 1670 crucifix from the Monk's Cemetery at Evaux in France is hung.
Local blacksmiths built the heavily Spanish-inspired wrought iron chandeliers. Other metalwork includes the original Communion rail, moved after Vatican Council II to a side altar.[1]
The stained glass windows were executed in Dublin, Ireland, by the artists of An Tur Gloine. All except one in the choir loft had been ordered by 1934; a local artist was commissioned to create this remaining window in 1985.[1]
In 1928, St. Francis was the second parish established in Phoenix. The Brophy chapel served the parish until 1959.[1]