Memorial Chapel

Renovation of Memorial Chapel, completed in fall 2003, was a central piece of Wesleyan’s plan to revitalize the center of campus. The historic brownstone structure now offers the campus community seating for more than 600 in a beautifully refinished interior and has become the preferred location for many campus events. Take a look at the new Holtkamp organ. You can’t see them all, but there are 3,000 lead-tin alloy pipes ranging in size from 24 feet to palm-of-your-hand. A new plaque in the Chapel honors Lucille Stritter who left a bequest to Wesleyan in memory of her stepfather, Rev. Edward E. Matthews, class of 1889.