Mead Chapel at Middlebury College

Mead Chapel at Middlebury College was built in 1916 with a gift from John Abner Mead (1841–1920), a member of the Middlebury class of 1864. Mead was a physician, a veteran of the American Civil War, and in 1910 was elected governor of the state of Vermont. For many years the chapel served as a central meeting place for the entire college membership. Designed by the Boston architectural firm of Allen and Collens, Mead Chapel houses a magnificent Gress-Miles organ built in 1971.

North sunset view of the Mead Chapel steeple across the campus of Middlebury College. Photo by R.J. O’Hara.

Sunlit stairs up to the south gallery in Middlebury College’s Mead Chapel (left), and a view along the north gallery (right). Photos by R.J. O’Hara.

Mead Chapel side aisle and pews (left), and the stairs leading to the choir loft, with a Civil War memorial (right). Photos by R.J. O’Hara.