Digital Collections @ St. Lawrence University

Gunnison Memorial Chapel construction

Overview

Creator: 
unknown
Subject: 
St. Lawrence University -- History
Subject: 
St. Lawrence University -- Buildings
Subject: 
Gunnison Memorial Chapel (Canton, NY)
Subject: 
Church Buildings -- New York (State) -- Canton
Subject: 
St. Lawrence University -- Photographs
Description: 
After a suspicious fire destroyed the "old wooden" gymnasium on campus construction quickly began on a stately Gothic-style chapel on the site of the old gym. Construction of Gunnison Memorial Chapel, named in honor of Almon Gunnison, President of the University from 1899 to 1914, was begun in 1925.
Coverage: 
Canton, NY
Source: 
Photograph, b & w, 4 3/4" h x 6 7/8" w
Date Original: 
1925
Decade: 
1920

Rights

Rights Management: 
Original materials may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (more information).
Resource Identifier: 
ODY Special Collections, Archives, RG2, Series 3.2 B&G Campus Box 16
Publisher: 
St. Lawrence University
Contributor: 
unknown

Technical

Digitization Specifications: 
Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 2000 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 10) in Photoshop CS5 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.
Date Digital: 
February 7, 2012
Format: 
image/jpeg
Type: 
Still Image
Contributing Institution: 
St. Lawrence University