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Title
Spencer
Chapel
Subject
Penn College
William Penn College
William Penn University
Description
Spencer
Memorial
Chapel
was
built
in
honor
of
Harry
L
.
Spencer
,
who
passed
away
on
June
13th
,
1913
.
Spencer
held
various
positions
including
:
President
of the
H.L
.
Spencer
Company
,
wholesale
grocers
;
President
of the
Oskaloosa
National
Bank
;
President
of the
Tolerton
&
Stetson
Company
,
wholesale
grocers
;
Vice
President
of the
Letts
Fletcher
Company
,
wholesale
grocers
;
Treasurer
and
member
of the
Board
of
Directors
of the
Oskaloosa
Water
Company
;
Director
of the
Oskaloosa
Gas
Light
Company
; and
Director
of the
Oskaloosa
Power
and
Land
Company
.
Construction
of the
chapel
began
in
1921
and was
completed
in
1922
. The
chapel
is
composed
of
red
brick
with a
tile
roof
to
portray
colonial-type
architecture
, and
is
completely
fireproof
.
It
contains
a
beautiful
audience
room
that
can
hold
approximately
1000
people
.
It
also
contains
a
lower
level
with
offices
that were
once
used
by
various
social
and
literary
groups
on
campus
. The
cost
of the
project
was
$100,000
.
Publisher
William Penn University; Wilcox Library Digital Archives
Date Digital
2012-06-05
Date Original
1949
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Source
Box 7
Rights
www.wmpenn.edu/library/library.html
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