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Quarry Chapel sits at the intersection of Quarry Chapel Road and Monroe Mills Road, just a mile northeast of Gambier. The stone chapel was built in 1862 and consecrated in January of 1863.
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Stonemasons brought to the U. S. by the founders of Kenyon College built Quarry Chapel for their own families to use as a house of worship.
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At the back of the church, a large, modern stained glass window designed by Susan Ramser graces the building with images of local flora and a bright red cardinal.
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A close up of the stained glass window designed by Susan Ramser for Quarry Chapel.
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Quarry Chapel was for many years a thriving and active congregation. It was closed in 1937 after the original families left or died out.
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Quarry Chapel, near Gambier, looks like something from a British fairy tale.
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There is a graveyard adjacent to Quarry Chapel, which includes a plotted out Jewish cemetery, the first in Knox County.
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Part of the extensive renovation of the facility over the last forty years was filling in the original coal storage basement with gravel and laying a new floor. New pews were achieved by buying standard church pews, then cutting them in half and building new end supports. Otherwise, standard pews wouldn’t allow for an aisle up the middle of the church.
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The Quarry Chapel bell tower houses a bell cast by a foundry in Fredericktown, Ohio.
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Extensive damage was done to the roof of Quarry Chapel a few years back when an old tree toppled over onto the structure. The rebuilt roof and floor of the building were made out of oak wood donated by Kenyon College.
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Other old trees remain around the chapel, enhancing its fairy tale atmosphere.
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Carpenter Jack Esslinger is seen here working on the restoration of the Quarry Chapel floor.
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