CHAPEL FURNISHINGS

The Chapel of the Centurion Altar Cross
Photo by Ch. David Scharff 2006




Altar Cross


In memory of Katherine M. Barry who died in 1879, her husband was Major General William F. Barry.

The Chapel of the Centurion Credence Table
Photo by Ch. David Scharff 2006


Credence Table


In memory of John Butler McAllister, who died in 1850. He was the infant son of Lieutenant Julian and Mrs. McAllister.



Altar Missal Stand


A gift of the Coast Artillery School.

The Chapel of the Centurion Alms Basins
Photo by Ch. David Scharff 2006


Receiving Alms Basin


In memory of Mary Townsend Derby who died in 1893. Her father was the Lighthouse Engineer at the post from 1857 to 1859.

The Chapel of the Centurion Prie-Dieus
Photo by Ch. David Scharff 2006


Prie-Dieus


1. In memory of Elizabeth McAllister who died in 1862 as the result of burns from curtains near a candle. She was the wife of Julian McAllister.

2. In memory of Franck Eveleigh Taylor Davis who died c. 1884-85. The prie-dieu was given by her sister Charlotte who was the wife of Admiral Robert D. ("Fighting Bob") Evans. Admiral Evans' ship fired the first shot in Santiago in the Spanish American War. In 1907 he led the great White Fleet from Hampton Roads around the world.

3. At the Chapel Centennial the Altar Guild gave one in 1958.

The Chapel of the Centurion Crucifer's Chair and Desk
Photo by Ch. David Scharff 2006


4. The desk in front of the crucifer's chair was given in memory of Suzanne Gibbs Starry who died in 1961 and an infant daughter (who died in 1967) of Paul and Emily Starry. General Donn A. Starry crafted this desk in 1981 from oak grown at Fort Monroe.


Alms Basins


Given by LTC and Mrs. Paul Q. Erickson, RET in 1964

 

Needle Point


St. Barbara's Guild undertook the project in September 1973. Mrs. Charles L. Bolte designed the various cushions and instructed the members in carrying out the theme of the live oak leaf with acorns on the blue background with Christian symbols. The needle point was dedicated upon completion in May 1977,


The following are memorialized:

COL Clarence Talmage Marsh
MG William Frederick Hase
Harry and Laura Hall
Ada Novak
Willis Kohl
Flora Coughran
MG Archibald Henry Sunderland
Hollis and Viola Baker
Margaret Miley
John and Mildred Kronau
Wilmot Jacobs
Herbert and Willie Murray
Adelaide Bolte

The Chapel of the Centurion Pulpit
Pulpit Lecturn
Photo by Ch. David Scharff 2006




The Chapel of the Centurion Pulpit
Baptismal Font
Photo by Ch. David Scharff 2006




The Chapel of the Centurion Eagle Lecturn
Eagle Lecturn
Photo by Ch. David Scharff 2006




Prayer written in Caligraphy by the Chapel Organist
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"This is a poem that we had on the back of our Chapel of the Centurion Booklet--
the caligraphy was done by hand by a former organist"


The Chapel of Centurions


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