It's taken me a little longer than I anticipated to get back to that post about the Tiffany stained glass that I promised you. Sorry about that! Life got a little busy.
But without further ado, here are our pictures of the Willard Memorial Chapel in Auburn, NY. It is the only existing chapel in the world that was completely decorated by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
He designed not only the stained glass windows, but the tile mosaic floors, the pulpit, the gold leaf stenciled ceiling and even the pews. It is stunning! Two sisters originally commissioned it in 1892 to honor their deceased father.
The chapel is now open to the public and is used for concerts and weddings as well. It was sold to a NYC antiques dealer in the 1980's and he planned to sell off all the stained glass and then turn it into a nightclub! Thankfully, a group of citizens joined together to raise enough money to buy it from him. Whew!
This is the glass tile mosaic side panel of the
gilt bronze relief in the picture just above it.
The enormous pipe organ
Our tour guide said, "how would you boys like to see what's underneath this pipe organ?"
She even let them preach!
This is a close-up of the front of the pulpit.
And when it was time to go, our guide let the boys find the secret panel where the light switches are hidden and turn off the lights.
We all agreed that it was definitely worth the trip!
