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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Stone Chapel
| nrhp_type =
| image = Stone_Chapel.jpg
| caption =
| location = [[Springfield, MO]]
| coordinates = {{coord|37|13|3.89|N|93|17|12.72|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Missouri#USA
| area =
| built = 1880
| architect = Williams & Franklin
| architecture = Mid 19th Century Revival
| added = October 21, 1982
| refnum = 82000583 <ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>
}}

'''Stone Chapel''' is a historic [[chapel]] located on the southwest edge of the [[Drury University]] campus, at the corner of Central and Benton Avenue at [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]], [[Greene County, Missouri]]. It was built in 1880 and is the oldest [[Masonry|stone]] structure in Springfield. The chapel is the location for a number of religious activities for Drury University, such as the LOGOS Christian Fellowship, Catholic Campus Ministries, and Chow and Chapel events, weddings, [[graduation]] Baccalaureate and other various secular activities.<ref name="DNR">{{cite web| url =http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/82000583.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Stone Chapel | accessdate = 2017-01-01| author=David M. Quick |format = PDF| date=February 1981|publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources}} (includes 3 photographs from 1981)</ref>

The distinctive second floor [[sanctuary]] seats around 510 people. A large lounge, [[kitchenette]], choir and meeting facilities occupy the first floor. The recently restored Lyon-Healy [[pipe organ]] dates from 1906. The three-manual, 30-rank instrument is utilized by a large class of organ students, for weekend weddings, for the popular Christmas Vespers, and for [[Concert#Recital|recital]]s and other special events in the chapel. The organ is well known for its rich sound, enhanced by the chapel's mellow [[Musical acoustics|acoustic]]s.<ref name="DNR"/>

It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1982.<ref name="nris"/>

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Missouri}}

[[Category:Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri]]
[[Category:University and college chapels in the United States]]
[[Category:Churches in Springfield, Missouri]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Missouri]]

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