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United States Military Academy, New York| country = United States| denomination = Protestant Inter-Denomination| previous denomination = | churchmanship = | membership = | attendance = | website = | former name = | bull date = | founded date = | founder = | dedication = 1910| dedicated date = | consecrated date = | cult = | relics = | events = | past bishop = | people = | status = Church| functional status = | heritage designation = | designated date = | architect =
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Cadet Chapel at the
United States Military Academy is a place of Protestant denomination worship for many members of the United States Corps of Cadets. The chapel is a late example of
Gothic Revival architecture, with its cross-shaped floor plan, soaring arches, and ornate stone carvings. It houses the largest chapel
pipe organ in the world,WEB, Cadet Chapel – West Point, New York, American Theatre Organ Society,
weblink 2009-12-25, which consists of 23,511 individual pipes.Poughkeepsie Journal, (2003).
West Point: Legend on the Hudson. Montgomery, NY: Walden Printing. pp.81–83. {{ISBN|0-9674209-1-1}}.WEB,
weblink Cadet Chapel, United States Military Academy, 2009-01-30, WEB,
weblink Featured Organ For January 2007, theatreorgans.com, 2018-12-25, WEB,
weblink OHS Database: Instrument Details, pipeorgandatabase.org, 2018-12-25, The Cadet Chapel dominates the skyline and sets the architectural mood of the academy.Barkalow, Carol (1990). In the Men's House. New York: Poseidon Press p.70. {{ISBN|0-671-67312-2}} Designed by architect
Bertram Goodhue and completed in 1910,Simpson, Jeffrey (1982). Officers and Gentlemen: Historic West Point in Photographs. Tarrytown, NY: Sleepy Hollow Press. p.164. {{ISBN|0-912882-53-0}} it replaced the
neoclassical Old Cadet Chapel which had been built in 1836. The Old Cadet Chapel was deconstructed and relocated to the entrance of the
West Point Cemetery, where it stands today.Crackel, Theodore (1991). The Illustrated History of West Point. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. p.129. {{ISBN|0-8109-3458-2}}
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