{"nrhp_refnum":"86003157","name":"Goddard Chapel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rose Hill Cemetery, IL 37 N","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marion","county":"Williamson County","state":"IL","lat":37.743310327000074,"lon":-88.93097499999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-11-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A funerary chapel in Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion, Williamson County, Illinois, built in 1918 in neo-Gothic Revival style from designs by Chicago architect John N. Nyden. It is owned by the City of Marion.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the chapel is significant as a faithful twentieth-century reproduction of English Perpendicular Gothic parish church architecture. It highlights the open timber-framed roof, recessed buttresses, pointed arch and flowing window tracery as accurate Perpendicular features. It shows neo-Gothic religious design continuing into the early twentieth century.","narrative":"Goddard Chapel is a small funerary chapel in Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion, Illinois. Built in 1918, it was a gift to the city from Leroy A. Goddard, a Chicago bank president and former mayor of Marion. Chicago architect John N. Nyden designed it as a twentieth-century reproduction of English Perpendicular Gothic parish churches. The one-story building has Bedford limestone walls, a red clay tile roof, lancet windows with flowing lily-like tracery and stained glass, and recessed buttresses. Inside, an open timber-framed roof rests on carved stone corbels, and the original pews and light fixtures remain. The chapel is considered significant because it accurately reproduces Perpendicular Gothic features and shows the continuation of neo-Gothic design for religious buildings into the early twentieth century. Alterations include restrooms added in the narthex and some replaced roof tiles. The chapel remains in use and is owned by the city.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1918)","architect_builder":"John N. Nyden, Architect","architectural_style":"Neo-Gothic Revival, reproducing English Perpendicular Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in excellent condition, with alterations including added restrooms in the narthex and some stained glass removed from the northwest window for repairs.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.7276-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/8943/28894361/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/86003157.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003157/c94a37a9e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003157/c94a37a9e0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goddard_Chapel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goddard_Chapel.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894361","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddard_Chapel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15221786"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/williamson-county/goddard-chapel-86003157/"}