UMass Knowledge Nugget #2

"In 1883 the Alumni faculty and students of the new Massachusetts Agricultural College had a Dream, and under the Leadership of Professor H. H. Goodell they organized for action. The result was the grandest building yet constructed for the school. It was designed as the Great and General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts intended, as library, museum and assembly hall, as well as the Chapel for the growing college. The "New" Chapel Library was designed by Stephen C. Earle the noted Worcester Architect in the Richardson Romanesque Style. From 1885 to 1915 it accommodated all these uses. The gift of a clock and bell were installed in 1892 and in 1910 the modern wonder of electricity was used to light the clock faces so they could be seen both day and night."

Continue reading the history of the chapel here. (The site is under construction but there is some great info and some amazing pictures.)