US Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel

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chapel landmark modernist building religious building

The US Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel is a landmark modernist religious structure in Colorado Springs, renowned for its striking spired design and multi-faith worship spaces.

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Surface form Occurrences
United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel 3
Cadet Chapel at the United States Air Force Academy 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chapel ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
modernist building ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
architect Walter Netsch ⓘ
architecturalStyle Expressionist architecture ⓘ
Modernist architecture ⓘ
associatedWith United States Air Force Academy cadets ⓘ
completionDate 1962 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1959 ⓘ
contains All-Faiths room ⓘ
Buddhist chapel ⓘ
Catholic chapel ⓘ
Falcon Circle ⓘ
Jewish chapel ⓘ
Muslim prayer room ⓘ
Protestant chapel ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designPeriod 1950s ⓘ
function multi-faith worship ⓘ
hasFeature colored stained glass panels ⓘ
pipe organ in Protestant chapel ⓘ
separate levels for different faiths ⓘ
height 150 feet ⓘ
heritageStatus National Historic Landmark ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ
El Paso County, Colorado ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
location United States Air Force Academy ⓘ
materialUsed aluminum ⓘ
concrete ⓘ
glass ⓘ
steel ⓘ
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 2004 ⓘ
notableFor iconic profile of the Air Force Academy ⓘ
multi-faith worship spaces ⓘ
striking spired design ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 04000213 ⓘ
numberOfSpiredTetrahedrons 17 ⓘ
openingDate 1963 ⓘ
owner United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf United States Air Force Academy ⓘ
surface form: United States Air Force Academy campus
plan linear nave with side chapels ⓘ
religiousAffiliation multi-faith ⓘ
roofShape series of spires ⓘ
usedFor memorial services ⓘ
religious services ⓘ
weddings ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walter Netsch → designed → US Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel
United States Air Force Academy → hasChapel → US Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill → notableWork → US Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel ⓘ
Walter Netsch → notableWork → US Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel
Walter Netsch → notableWork → US Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cadet Chapel at the United States Air Force Academy