- City:
- San Diego, CA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Archaeology and History, Museums, Historical Restoration
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Marked:
- Yes
Description
This chapel was originally a house, built in 1850, and converted into a chapel in 1858. In 1937, San Diego's streets were realigned and the chapel was bulldozed. The WPA rebuilt the chapel that same year on an adjacent site, using parts of the original Chapel, such as the tabernacle, the altar, woodwork, pews, confessional and doors. In restoring the chapel, WPA workers made the bricks by hand.
Source notes
Whaley House website: https://www.whaleyhouse.org/winter205.htm Branton, Pamela. 1991. The Works Progress Administration in San Diego County, 1935-1942. M.A. Thesis. San Diego State University.Site Details
Plaque info: Rebuilt by United States Works Progress Administration 1937
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