Catalogue of Works · No. 39–No. 43

Places of Worship

A chapel in Honolulu, restorations of chapels and a convent workroom in Philadelphia, and the conversion of a small church to apartments.

No. 39Chapel for the Military

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii · 1966–1968

A non-denominational chapel for a military rest and recreation center at Waikiki Beach, designed while he served as an architect with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Honolulu.

No. 40Eden Hall Chapel Restoration

Fluehr Park, Northeast Philadelphia · 1988

A proposal to turn the 1849 Gothic Revival chapel of the Sacred Heart School at Eden Hall, by Frank Wills, into a community arts center with an outdoor amphitheater. The chapel was demolished before the plans could be realized; his office’s measured drawings record it.

No. 41Workroom for the Sisters of the Convent of Divine Love

Spring Garden, Philadelphia · 1988

A workroom for a cloistered order to prepare the mailings central to its mission. “Working with the appreciative nuns was one of my best client experiences.”

No. 42Adaptive Re-use of Madison Square Church

Graduate Hospital neighborhood, Philadelphia · 2012

A proposal to convert the small closed church at the end of Madison Square, a 19th-century pedestrian enclave, into four apartments.

No. 43Gershman YMHA Jewish Chapel

Broad Street, Philadelphia · 1992

The restoration of the chapel of an independent congregation in the Gershman YMHA: doorways, cabinetry, moldings, pilasters, lighting and seating.

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