Wayfarers Chapel
Wayfarers Chapel, or "The Glass Church" is a disassembled chapel designed by Lloyd Wright and originally located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The chapel had unique organic architecture sited on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
- Opening hours: closed
- Type: Religious organization
- Description: church in California, United States
- Also known as: “Wayfarer’s Chapel” and “Wayfarers chapel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palos Verdes and Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve.
Palos Verdes
Photo: Dave Proffer, CC BY 2.0.
The Palos Verdes Peninsula rises above the South Bay of Los Angeles County. It's an oasis of greenery in a Los Angeles region dominated by concrete and asphalt; it features horse trails, ocean cliffs, tidepools, Eucalyptus trees, and nature walks.
Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Jim Helvey, CC BY 3.0.
Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve.
Del Cerro Park
Park
Del Cerro Park is a public park located in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California. The park is situated high atop a bluff at the southernmost end of Crenshaw Boulevard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rancho Palos Verdes and Rolling Hills.
Rancho Palos Verdes
Town
Photo: Cardinalngold, Public domain.
Rancho Palos Verdes is a coastal city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States. Incorporated on September 7, 1973, the city has a population of 42,287 as reported in the 2020 United States census.
Rolling Hills
Suburb
Photo: Mary DeNeale Morgan, Public domain.
Rolling Hills is a city on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Rolling Hills is a gated community with private roads with three entry gates. Rolling Hills is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wayfarers Chapel.
Rolling Hills Estates
Suburb
Photo: Clotee Allochuku, CC BY 2.0.
Rolling Hills Estates is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. On the northern side of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, facing Torrance, Rolling Hills Estates is mostly residential. Rolling Hills Estates is situated 3 miles north of Wayfarers Chapel.
Wayfarers Chapel
- Categories: church and religion
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.74373° or 33° 44′ 37″ northLongitude
-118.37749° or 118° 22′ 39″ westElevation
203 feet (62 metres)Open location code
8553PJVF+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 873354664OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religious
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Wayfarers Chapel” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wayfarers Chapel”
- Dutch: “Wayfarers Chapel”
- French: “Wayfarers Chapel”
- German: “Wayfarers Chapel”
- Italian: “Cappella Wayfarers”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wayfarers Chapel”
- Norwegian: “Wayfarers Chapel”
- Spanish: “Capilla Wayfarers”
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