{"nrhp_refnum":"70000477","name":"St. Mary's Chapel","other_names":["See Also:St.Mary's College"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"900 Hillsborough St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.78181115500007,"lon":-78.65279229499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Mary's Chapel is a board-and-batten Episcopal chapel at 900 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, on the grounds of St. Mary's school. It was built in 1855 to designs by architect Richard Upjohn.","why_significant":"The chapel is a fine example of Gothic Revival church architecture by Richard Upjohn, who normally limited himself to more important commissions. Most of his work survives unaltered despite the 1905 addition of transepts. It is also tied to the history of St. Mary's School and the Cameron family, who funded it.","narrative":"St. Mary's Chapel is a small Episcopal church at 900 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, built in 1855 for St. Mary's School. Money donated by the Cameron family paid for it, and Richard Upjohn, who also designed Christ Church in Raleigh and Trinity Church in New York City, served as architect. The chapel began as a simple rectangular board-and-batten building with a steep gable roof. Transepts added in 1905 gave it a cruciform plan, but most of Upjohn's design remained intact. The south gable has a pointed portal, lancet windows, a rose window and a quatrefoil, while the interior has plaster walls above paneled wainscot, stained glass, a two-stage timber roof and a carved wooden reredos. Bishop Thomas Atkinson praised its beauty and suitability on a visit in 1858. It was recognized as a fine example of Gothic Revival church architecture, and the school's religious services had previously been held in a parlor and a fitted room.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1855)","architect_builder":"Richard Upjohn (architect)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition, altered (transepts added 1905, later additions), on its original site, with religious use and occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:55.937441-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/7226/47722615/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/70000477.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000477/562950e4d8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000477/562950e4d8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nicholas Oren Rawlings","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Mary%27s_Chapel_Front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicholas Oren Rawlings</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Mary%27s_Chapel_Front.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"78001981","name":"St. Mary's College","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/st-marys-college-78001981/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722615","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Chapel_(Raleigh,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7590144"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/st-marys-chapel-70000477/"}