Log Chapel (University of Notre Dame)
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![]() Log chapel, Notre Dame | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alternative names | Fr. Badin's chapel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Used as a chapel and museum | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Type | Religious Chapel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Log cabin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Town or city | Notre Dame, Indiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Current tenants | University of Notre Dame | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction started | 1831 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Completed | 1831 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Renovated | 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Congregation of the Holy Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Design and construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect(s) | Stephen Badin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The log chapel was originally built in 1831 by Rev. Stephen Badin as a mission to the Potawatomi Indians in what would become northern Indiana. It was the first Catholic place of worship in Northern Indiana. It was given in 1842 to Fr. Edward Sorin, and it became the original nucleus of the University of Notre Dame.[2] The original was destroyed in 1856 by a fire, and an identical replica was built in the same spot in 1906.[3][4]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Log_Chapel_1.jpg/220px-Log_Chapel_1.jpg)
In 1973 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places[5]
References
- ^ a b "Official Building Inventory" (PDF). Facilities Design and Operations. University of Notre Dame. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Log Chapel // Campus Tour // University of Notre Dame". tour.nd.edu. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ "The Spirit of Notre Dame". www3.nd.edu. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ "1906: Louis Etier Hickey Helped to Build Notre Dame's Replica of the Original 1831 Log Chapel". Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1c9d1/N/University_of_Notre_Dame_Campus_Main_and_South_Quadrangles_St._Joseph_CO_Nom.pdf