Stained-Glass Window Restoration Work

To sustain the vibrancy of the stained-glass windows in the Chapel, workers have installed interior and exterior scaffolding to remove the glass from two windows in the narthex (main entrance way). The colored glass pieces from the two windows—which depict the biblical women Hannah and Esther—will be cleaned offsite and then re-installed at a later date. The work will last until mid-July. While the work is in progress, visitors will enter the Chapel through the transept (side) doors, as well as the entrance at the top of the ADA ramp facing the Divinity School; for services and ceremonies, one set of the main front doors will be open. The work is the start of a five-year project of cleaning Chapel windows that were not restored during a previous window project. In addition to the windows in the narthex, the new project will eventually include the lower-level windows in the main sanctuary (nave) as well as the windows in Memorial Chapel.