Marion in Williamson County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Goddard Memorial Chapel
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 30, 2019
1. Goddard Memorial Chapel Marker
Dedicated May 30, 1919
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 30, 1919.
Location. 37° 44.591′ N, 88° 55.899′ W. Marker is in Marion, Illinois, in Williamson County. It can be reached from North Court Street (Illinois Route 37) north of Scottsboro Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is in Rose Hill Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marion IL 62959, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southern Illinois Little Egypt. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dedicated to All Veteran in all Wars (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); In Grateful Appreciation of All Those Who Served (approx. 0.8 miles away); Korean War Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Veterans Living Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); World War II Monument (approx. 0.8 miles away); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Marion History (approx. 0.9 miles away); Bob Butler Biography (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marion.
Regarding Goddard Memorial Chapel. Excerpts from the National Register nomination:
The Goddard Chapel was built in 1918. It was a gift to the city of Marion, Illinois from Leroy A. Goddard, president of the State Bank of Chicago and former mayor of Marion. The Goddard Chapel is historically significant for its neo-Gothic Revival architectural style of the mid-nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The Goddard Chapel resembles English Perpendicular Gothic architecture dating 1350-1550. It was the practice in the mid-nineteenth and twentiethcentury to reproduce parish church architecture from this period. The Goddard Chapel represents the reproduction of the open timber framed roof which was characteristic of, and almost exclusive to, English parish church architectural design during the period of the Perpendicular Style.Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 8, 20242. Goddard Memorial Chapel Marker
The architect, John Nyden, was enlisted to design the chapel by Leroy Goddard. Nyden was a prominent architect from Chicago, Illinois. Some of his designs include: the Admiral and the Commonwealth Hotels, the Melrose Apartments, the Bethany Swedish Methodist Church all in Chicago; the Stadium at Springfield, Illinois; the Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the Swedish-American Historical Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Sesquicentennial Exposition of the United States
Also see . . .
1. Goddard Chapel (PDF). National Register nomination for the chapel, which was listed in 1986. (Prepared by Bradley Skelcher, Ph.D. candidate, Southern Illinois University; archived by Internet Archive) (Submitted on August 10, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Goddard Chapel, Marion, Illinois. Marion Illinois History Preservation website entry:
In 1917, the Civics Committee of the Marion Womans Club approached former Marion resident Leroy A. Goddard with a request for help in constructing a Chapel. Goddard in correspondence with Marion Mayor C.B. Jackson agreed to build a Chapel worthy of the location if additional acreage were added to the Rose Hill Cemetery east of Route 37 in Marion. (extracted from 1989 Sesquicentennial History, no author given; via Marion Illinois History Preservation) (Submitted on August 10, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Credits. This page was last revised on August 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 193 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 10, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
