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Voorhees Chapel

Voorhees Chapel is one of two chapels on the campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in , . Built in 1925 with a donation from Elizabeth Rodman Voorhees, wife of Rutgers trustee Ralph Voorhees, the chapel once served the community of Douglass College.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: chapel in New Brunswick, New Jersey
  • Address: 5 Chapel Drive, New Brunswick, 08901-8526

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Levi D. Jarrard House and Elmer B. Boyd Park.

University building
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The is a historic building located on the Douglass College campus of Rutgers University in . It was constructed in 1868 by an unknown architect, as a private residence for Levi D. is situated 440 feet west of Voorhees Chapel.

Park
Elmer B. Boyd Memorial Park is a 20-acre municipal park running along the in . Named after a news publisher, the park was rehabilitated and reopened in 1999 at a cost of $11 million.

Library
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The is the public library of . The main library, built 1903, is located at 60 Livingston Avenue and is one of New Jersey's Carnegie libraries. is situated 3,200 feet northwest of Voorhees Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Brunswick and Raritan Gardens.

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is a city in and the county seat of , in the U.S. state of . A regional commercial hub for Central New Jersey, the city is both a college town and a commuter town for residents commuting to within the .

Neighborhood
New Brunswick is a city in and the county seat of , in the U.S. state of . A regional commercial hub for Central New Jersey, the city is both a college town and a commuter town for residents commuting to within the .

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The Borough of is a charming residential community in , . It lies between the county seat of and Edison Township and has an area of less than two square miles and a population of approximately 14,000 people.

Voorhees Chapel

Latitude
40.48658° or 40° 29′ 12″ north
Longitude
-74.43565° or 74° 26′ 8″ west
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
87G7FHP7+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 182887273
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­chapel
Geo­Names ID
7119781
Wiki­data ID
Q16983023
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Voorhees Chapel”. Photo: Lacwal12, CC BY-SA 3.0.