Rugby Chapel (Saskatoon)

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The Rugby Chapel was built in 1912 and was among several buildings that made up the original Emmanuel College in Prince Albert. It is so named because the funds for its construction were raised by students at Rugby School in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. The chapel was one of several buildings of Emmanuel College moved to the U of S campus in 1913.

Rugby Chapel was reopened in 1922 after a period of disuse during WWI. A pipeless furnace was later installed to replace 3 heating stoves, the ceiling was raised, the walls decorated and finally, a pipe organ installed in the summer of 1923. In 1926 a stained-glass window, “For the sake of the Name they went forth,” was installed to commemorate the Emmanuel students who died in WWI.

The church was officially designated heritage a municipal property on April 13, 1987.

In 2004, Emmanuel and St. Chad faced a financial crisis. Its three buildings were sold to the University for $1.1 million, and the college moved into leased space in the Lutheran Seminary building in 2005. It was deconsecrated on June 14, 2006.
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The building now serves as a multi-faith centre.