Baker University Chapel, Baldwin, Kansas
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historic English chapel was moved stone by stone from its rural setting in
England to the campus of Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas. Now perfectly
restored, this beautiful chapel looks as if it had been there from the very
beginning. A refined English style garden blends the rear of the Chapel into
the surrounding Kansas landscape.
The Chapel windows are exquisite examples of English traditional stained glass
design. The greatest responsibility in this restoration project was to find a
suitable replacement glass and to recreate the painted details for the broken
and missing components damaged in handling and transport from England to
Kansas. The client challenged our artists to produce replacement pieces that
were indistinguishable from the original.
| The sanctuary was animated in anticipation of the arrival of the
special guest speaker. This individual had spent many Sundays of her youth
here, as her father was the Pastor for the congregation at this rural English
chapel. |
We completed the restoration and installed the windows back into the
Chapel’s beautifully carved stone frames. We stood back to carefully
scrutinize the windows and searched in vain as even our trained eyes could not
differentiate the original glass from the replaced pieces of hand-painted
glass.
 At
the Chapel’s rededication ceremony, dignitaries and special guests
assembled for the occasion. The sanctuary was animated in anticipation of the
arrival of the special guest speaker. This individual had spent many Sundays of
her youth here, as her father was the Pastor for the congregation at this rural
English chapel. As the appointed time arrived, a warm reception was offered to
the former Prime Minister of England, the honorable Margaret Thatcher.
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