Our Lady of the Annunciation Chapel at Annunciation Priory explained

Our Lady of the Annunciation Chapel at Annunciation Priory
Coordinates:46.7217°N -100.7539°W
Built:1905
Added:June 16, 2020
Refnum:100005177[1]

The Our Lady of the Annunciation Chapel at Annunciation Priory in Bismarck, North Dakota, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.[1] It is located at 7500 University Drive and is the chapel of University of Mary.

It is a work of world-class modernist architect Marcel Breuer. He termed this chapel his "jewel on the prairie."[2]

It was built in 1963 and is Brutalist in style. It has a pipe organ of 1,641 pipes. The chapel can seat 500 persons.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weekly list 20200619 . National Park Service.
  2. News: University of Mary chapel listed in National Register of Historic Places . Bismarck Tribune staff . Bismarck Tribune. June 26, 2020.
  3. Web site: Our Lady of The Annunciation Chapel, University of Mary Bismarck North Dakota . Benjamin Blankenbehler . October 2, 2015.