National Register of Historic Places

Chapel of the Holy Cross

Holderness, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Listed
September 6, 2005
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
05000971

About this property

The Chapel of the Holy Cross is a historic Episcopal church at 45 Chapel Lane on the campus of Holderness School in Holderness, New Hampshire. Built in 1884 to a design by Charles Coolidge Haight, it is a prominent regional example of Gothic Revival architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The Chapel of the Holy Cross occupies a prominent location near the center of the Holderness School campus, separated from New Hampshire Route 175 by the school's athletic fields. It is a single-story brick building, with its long axis oriented east-west. Its main entrances are on the long south side, the eastern one set facing east in a projecting brick vestibule, and the western one sheltered by a wooden porch. The vestibule extends further to a square three-stage tower, which is topped by an octagonal steeple and cross. The masonry Gothic Revival building was built in 1884 to a design by Charles Coolidge Haight. It was paid for by a gift from Sarah Titus Zabriskie. The building has undergone only modest external changes since its construction, the most notable being the 1957 enlargement of the organ wing on the north side to accommodate an organ the school had acquired from the Castle in the Clouds estate. The chapel's 19th century stained glass windows (maker unknown, but speculated to be the New York studio of J & R Lamb) were replaced in the 1930s and 1940s, in part by original windows by the studio of Charles Jay Connick, and in part by windows that had been removed from the All Saints Church in Peterborough, and adapted to their new location by Connick. National Register of Historic Places listings in Grafton County, New Hampshire

Location

45 Chapel Ln.
Holderness, Grafton County, New Hampshire
43.75868, -71.67486

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When was Chapel of the Holy Cross listed on the National Register?

Chapel of the Holy Cross was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 2005.

What type of historic resource is Chapel of the Holy Cross?

Chapel of the Holy Cross is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Chapel of the Holy Cross is recorded as the industrial era.

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