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Originally constructed on Yale’s Old Campus in 1842-46 to serve as a library, Dwight Hall and Chapel was converted in 1931 to contain the Dwight Memorial Chapel, honoring Timothy Dwight. An early example of the Gothic Revival style, it was Yale’s first Gothic building and is currently Yale’s second oldest surviving building. It was designed by Henry Austin and in 1931, after the library had moved to a new building, its interior was remodeled by Charles Z. Klauder. The building is home to the organization known as Dwight Hall (formerly the Yale University Christian Association), which will be moving to a different building in 2010.

In front of the Chapel is a statue of former Yale President Theodore Dwight Woolsey.

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Dwight Chapel (1842)
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  • May 16, 2010 at 5:27 pm
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    I just love the Puritain style or Shaker style homes. So I have to go here without Matt Damen, How do I excersis his spirit out of my old home with a wrap around porch? I took the virginity of a very young blond hair blue eyes guy responding to the name Matthew? He was the untouched virgin and not me the female.

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