ABOVE: The Post Chapel at Orlando Air Base, located in tropical garden environs is unique in that it is the only chapel in the entire army that has its steeple on the ground and to the side of the chapel. The chapel is so near the end of an airdrome runway that Army planes zoom low over this building as they approach and take off from the flying field, necessitating the strange location of the chapel steeple. Photo by Public Relations Section, Orlando Air Base.
Postcard showing steeple and cupola on side of Army Air Base Chapel serves as historical standard for Stephen L. Rusk Memorial Chapel steeple and cupola to be placed in Thornton Park Historic District.
The architectural design used by the military, placing the steeple on the side to allow for planes flying low, is used by John Moore for his residential design: Attaching the historic cupola and steeple to the side of his house in agreement with City of Orlando Zoning.
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Stephen L. Rusk Memorial Chapel Steeple
May 12, 2012 photo of the Stephen L. Rusk Memorial Chapel Steeple and Cupola in its present location in Thornton Park Historic...
Chapel Prayer Card Reunites Friends
When David Black stuck a prayer card in the chapel wall at the last service in the Stephen L. Rusk Memorial Chapel,...
Chapel Prayer Card Reunites Friends
When David Black stuck a prayer card in the chapel wall at the last service in the Stephen L. Rusk Memorial Chapel,...
Post Chapel at Orlando Air Base
The Post Chapel at Orlando Air Base, located in tropical garden environs is unique in that it is the only chapel in...
Post Chapel at Orlando Air Base
The Post Chapel at Orlando Air Base, located in tropical garden environs is unique in that it is the only chapel in...
Stephen L. Rusk Memorial Chapel Steeple
Orlando Historic Preservation Officer Jodi Rubin finds postcard of the Chapel at Orlando Army Air Base with steeple on the side allowing...
Stephen L. Rusk Memorial Chapel Steeple
Orlando Historic Preservation Officer Jodi Rubin finds postcard of the Orlando Army Air Base Chapel with steeple on the side allowing John...
Chapel Postcard
The Post Chapel at Orlando Air Base, located in tropical garden environs is unique in that it is the only chapel in...
My wife and I got married in this Beautiful Chapel on May 1, 1975. We have several photos within the chapel but we never took a photo outside on that beautiful evening.
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