Wendover in Tooele County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Base Chapel

Photographed by Dawn Bowen, June 17, 2007

1. Base Chapel Marker

Inscription. A community, such as the one created by the military in Wendover, wouldnot have been complete without a base chapel for the spiritual guidance of men and women assigned to the base. Chaplains were needed to assist in the mental and moral struggles of those on the base, many were away from their families for the first time and the base was extremely remote from any oter community where other spiritual services could be found.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Religion & Religious Structures • War, World II.

Location. 40° 43.831′ N, 114° 1.639′ W. Marker is in Wendover, Utah, in Tooele County. It is on Historic Wendover Airfield. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wendover UT 84083, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Utah’s Wasatch Front,

in the West Desert,

and in Greater Salt Lake.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and in Colorado Plateau.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Airmen’s Dining Hall and Barracks (here, next to this marker); Atomic Mission Hangar 1831 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Operations Building (approx. half a mile away); South Base Area (approx. 0.6 miles away); Control Tower (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bomb Squadron Hangar (approx. 0.6 miles away); First Transcontinental Telephone Line

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(approx. 0.9 miles away in Nevada); 509th Composite Group – First Atomic Bombardment (approx. 1.6 miles away in Nevada). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wendover.

Chapel is now an apartment complex image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dawn Bowen, June 17, 2007

2. Chapel is now an apartment complex

Marker next to Chapel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dawn Bowen, June 17, 2007

3. Marker next to Chapel

Service Schedule, March 30, 1944 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dawn Bowen, June 17, 2007

4. Service Schedule, March 30, 1944

Church service image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dawn Bowen, June 17, 2007

5. Church service

Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 29, 2007, by Dawn Bowen of Fredericksburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,554 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 29, 2007, by Dawn Bowen of Fredericksburg, Virginia. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.