Faith Chapel (Jekyll Island, Georgia) Explained

Faith Chapel
Nrhp Type:hd
Location:181 Old Plantation Rd., Jekyll Island, Georgia
Coordinates:31.0606°N -81.4217°W
Nocat:yes
Built:1904
Architecture:Shingle Style
Architect:Howard Constable,[1]
Constable Brothers, NYC
Added:July 14, 1971
Refnum:71000277

Faith Chapel is a historic chapel on Old Plantation Road in Jekyll Island, Georgia and was built in 1904. It was used as a non-denominational chapel until 1942. The state of Georgia purchased it along with Jekyll Island in 1947. It is administered by the Jekyll Island State Park Authority and was opened to the public in 1970. It has a wood "A" frame and a brick foundation. The interior and exterior walls are shingled, with gargoyles that are replicas of the ones at Notre Dame Cathedral. The chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and it is open to the public.[2]

It has stained-glass windows. One is "David's Window" which was made by Louis Comfort Tiffany; the other is "The Adoration of the Christ Child" by Maitland Armstrong and his daughter, Helen Maitland Armstrong.

Notes and References

  1. Book: McCash, June Hall . The Jekyll Island Cottage Colony . University of Georgia Press . 1998 . 9780820319285 . 57 .
  2. https://focus.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=993318f8-8e14-4d1e-9abd-60f1601f5e00 NRHP form