Bond Chapel

Location:

Bond Chapel is on the campus of the University of Chicago, and is located at 1025 E 58th St, Chicago (60637) [map]. To find Bond Chapel, enter 1010 E. 59th Street (the address of the Classics archway, the pedestrian entrance to the quadrangle in which Bond Chapel is located and the nearest point at which you can be dropped off by car).

Parking:

There is no parking lot attached to Bond Chapel. There is ample street parking available on 59th Street, and in the surrounding neighborhood. There is a parking garage at the University of Chicago Medical Center, about 2 blocks away [map]. The nearest University of Chicago parking lot is The Lexington parking lot, located at 5835 S. University Avenue.

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Accessibility:

Bond Chapel is a fully accessible venue for those with mobility limitations. There are no stairs required to access the venue, seating, or restrooms. The venue may be difficult to reach, as there is only street parking in the immediate vicinity.

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About Bond Chapel:

Bond Chapel was designed by the architects Coolidge and Hodgdon, who also designed the adjacent Swift Hall, the University’s Divinity School. The chapel was given by Mrs. Joseph Bond in memory of her husband, a former trustee of the Baptist Theological Union, the predecessor institution of the Divinity School. Mr. and Mrs. Bond’s daughter, Elfleda, married Edgar J. Goodspeed, a member of the university faculty noted for his translation of the New Testament. After Elfleda’s death in 1949, Mr. Goodspeed donated the stained-glass windows in her memory.

Bond Chapel became the home of the Reneker pipe organ, rededicated in its new setting in 2013. At the same time new furnishings were provided by a generous gift from the Women’s Board of the University of Chicago. The custom-made chairs were made in a style and finish honoring the traditions of the Chapel while making possible the flexible use of the building for new generations. The seating may be arranged in antiphonal style for an organ recital, or in traditional chapel format for a wedding, in a semi-circular format for a spiritual event, or placed to the side to allow for open space use.