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**myhackingtosh_ws** · 11-18-2008, 08:26 PM

Without doubt, the single most important benefactor to University of Chicago was John D. Rockefeller. While he lived, neither University nor any building on it was named for him. To this day only this University's Chapel, designed to be the tallest structure on campus, was named posthumously "Rockefeller Memorial Chapel," and without any prior direction from a will or person representing Rockefeller's estate.

The tallest part, of this tallest building on campus, is "Carillon Tower" - which has been rebuilt due to underestimates of the weight of its bells. RMC is used for worship, weddings, graduations, speeches by VIPs etc.

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Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue
(Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, 1928)

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William Rainey Harper Library
1116 E. 59th Street
(Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1912)

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George C. Walker Museum
1115-1125 E. 58th Street
(Henry Ives Cobb, 1893)

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Harold Leonard Stuart Hall
5835 Greenwood Avenue
(Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1904)

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Stuart Hall interior staircase.

11-18-2008, 08:26 PM	#5
myhackingtosh_ws Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 493 Senior Member	Without doubt, the single most important benefactor to University of Chicago was John D. Rockefeller. While he lived, neither University nor any building on it was named for him. To this day only this University's Chapel, designed to be the tallest structure on campus, was named posthumously "Rockefeller Memorial Chapel," and without any prior direction from a will or person representing Rockefeller's estate. The tallest part, of this tallest building on campus, is "Carillon Tower" - which has been rebuilt due to underestimates of the weight of its bells. RMC is used for worship, weddings, graduations, speeches by VIPs etc. Courtesy flickr / Willie Chen © All rights reserved. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue (Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, 1928) Image courtesy – flickr / repowers © All rights reserved. Image courtesy – flickr / repowers © All rights reserved. William Rainey Harper Library 1116 E. 59th Street (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1912) Image courtesy – flickr / repowers © All rights reserved. George C. Walker Museum 1115-1125 E. 58th Street (Henry Ives Cobb, 1893) Image courtesy – flickr / repowers © All rights reserved. Harold Leonard Stuart Hall 5835 Greenwood Avenue (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1904) Image courtesy – flickr / repowers © All rights reserved. *Stuart Hall reading room.* Courtesy flickr / Reznicek111 *Stuart Hall interior staircase.* Image courtesy – flickr / hogan3774 © All rights reserved. Bernard Albert Eckhart Hall 1118-1132 E. 58th Street (Charles Zeller Klauder, 1930)
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