Pettit Memorial Chapel - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Pettit Memorial Chapel - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Pettit Memorial Chapel or Pettit Chapel was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and constructed in 1907. The Pettit Chapel is located in the Belvidere Cemetery in Belvidere, Illinois, United States, which is in Boone County. The cemetery was chartered in 1837 and contains 13,000 known graves.Baxter, Robert. "Restored chapel: Making things Wright," Rockford Register Star, 3 January 2004. Retrieved 1 June 2007. The chapel was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places December 1, 1978.NRIS Database , National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. Retrieved 1 June 2007. The Pettit Chapel is an example of Frank Lloyd Wright's famed Prairie Style. It is the only funerary structure designed by Wright to be built in his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia
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