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Thorncrown Chapel is a chapel located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, designed by E. Fay Jones, and constructed in 1980. The design recalls the Prairie School of architecture popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright , with whom Jones had apprenticed .
His most famous buildings were the Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas; the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Bella Vista, Arkansas; the Pinecote Pavilion at the Crosby Arboretum in Picayune, Mississippi; and the Anthony Chapel located at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas which was built by his partner, Maurice Jennings.
Eureka Springs is located in western Carroll County. The center of the city is in a narrow valley at the headwaters of Leatherwood Creek, ... Thorncrown Chapel; Education
Location of Carroll County in Arkansas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Carroll County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The chapel was commissioned by John A. Cooper, Sr. to honor Mildred Borum Cooper, his late wife. [2] The chapel was designed to celebrate both God and his creations. [3] Located on a wooded site along Lake Norwood, the chapel has become a popular tourist destination in Northwest Arkansas. It is also popular as a venue for wedding ceremonies.
On the lake side (the downslope side) of the house a wooden deck projects from the upper level, with vertical railing elements and an outdoor cooking area built in. The house is a clear predecessor to one of Jones' signature works, Thorncrown Chapel, with which it shares design and construction methods, albeit in a smaller scale. [2]
Arkansan E. Fay Jones's Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs The architecture of Arkansas varies wildly, whether one is looking across the street, across the city, or across the state. Architecture can be divided into two main branches: folk houses and structures in a traditional sense and buildings built in a specific style to follow a trend or ...
It is located at Alexandria's 7.5-million-square-foot (700,000 m 2) Potomac Yard mixed-use development bounded by Richmond Highway (U.S. Route 1) and the George Washington Memorial Parkway. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is the second infill station to be added to the Washington Metro system, after NoMa–Gallaudet U in 2004.