U. S. Navy, Naval Air Station Moffett Field; Moffett Federal Airfield, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, California, Santa Clara County
The Chapel at Naval Station Moffett Field was built in 1945.
Moffett Chapel was built incorporating architectural details of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style tradition common to the region. These details include, the cupola with gray-colored dome and distinguished by arches at each of its four faces, and the projecting curvilinear portico with its stone-like entry frame. Inside the Chapel there is a revolving altar. The Chapel provided Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and non-denomination services by simply revolving the turntable to the appropriate platform.
When National Aeronautic and Space Administration, Ames Research Center assumed ownership of the Chapel from the U. S. Navy in 1994 attendance at the Chapel declined. In 2012, Moffett Chapel was closed. However, interested people, including members of reserve military units who drill at Moffett Field worked to reopen the Chapel. The Moffett Chapel re-opened on December 7, 2014. Parishioners - a mix of airmen, Army reservists and civilians who live and work around Moffett worship at Chapel.
The building, with Spanish Colonial Revival Style architectural elements, is located in the U. S. Naval Air Station Moffett Field Central Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places. However, because the chapel was constructed well after the 1933 period when most of the base was built it is not a contributing building to the historic district.
U. S. Navy, Naval Air Station Moffett Field; Moffett Federal Airfield, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, California, Santa Clara County
The Chapel at Naval Station Moffett Field was built in 1945.
Moffett Chapel was built incorporating architectural details of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style tradition common to the region. These details include, the cupola with gray-colored dome and distinguished by arches at each of its four faces, and the projecting curvilinear portico with its stone-like entry frame. Inside the Chapel there is a revolving altar. The Chapel provided Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and non-denomination services by simply revolving the turntable to the appropriate platform.
When National Aeronautic and Space Administration, Ames Research Center assumed ownership of the Chapel from the U. S. Navy in 1994 attendance at the Chapel declined. In 2012, Moffett Chapel was closed. However, interested people, including members of reserve military units who drill at Moffett Field worked to reopen the Chapel. The Moffett Chapel re-opened on December 7, 2014. Parishioners - a mix of airmen, Army reservists and civilians who live and work around Moffett worship at Chapel.
The building, with Spanish Colonial Revival Style architectural elements, is located in the U. S. Naval Air Station Moffett Field Central Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places. However, because the chapel was constructed well after the 1933 period when most of the base was built it is not a contributing building to the historic district.