Chapel: Bannister Hall Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine USA

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The meticulous and stunning $6 million restoration has returned the towers of the Richard Upjohn-designed Chapel to their original splendor. For most throughout the campus community, the sight of the spires has been missed during daily walks across the quad, and it's a most welcome return. For others - newer students, faculty and staff - the removal of heavy scaffolding and construction equipment has afforded them their first-ever unobstructed view of the soaring Romanesque-style twin granite towers, and it's a new delight. The recent Bowdoin College Chapel rehabilitation project has been presented a 2005 Statewide Historic Preservation Honor Award from Maine Preservation. According to Maine Preservation, 'This exemplary project to clean and restore the interior, and return the twin bell towers to their original splendor, was a technological marvel, an ambitious effort, and a true inspiration.' A history of the building can be found at: http://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/images/gallery/chapel/chapel.shtml More information on the renovation can be found at: http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/002126.shtml and http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1bowdoincampus/000352.shtml Model created by Johannes Strom '09 as part of a Bowdoin College Information Technology Summer Internship. #Bowdoin #Bowdoin_College #Brunswick #chapel #College #Maine #music #restoration #Richard_Upjohn #Students