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{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = St. James Memorial Chapel
| nrhp_type    =
| image        = St. James Memorial Chapel at Howe.jpg
| caption      =
| location     = IN 9, just S of Cty Rd. 600 N., [[Howe Military School]]<br />[[Howe, Indiana]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|41|43|27.72|N|85|25|29.33|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = Indiana#USA
| built        = {{Start date|1902}}
| architect    = Sutcliffe, John
| architecture = [[Tudorbethan architecture|Tudor Revival]]
| added        = September 16, 2001
| area         = less than one acre
| refnum       = 01000989<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}
'''St. James Memorial Chapel''' is a former [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]] [[chapel]] located on the grounds of [[Howe Military School]], in [[Howe, Indiana|Howe]], [[Indiana]].  It was built in 1902, and is a one-story, [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]] style brick building sheathed with a [[limestone]] veneer.  It measures 152 feet by 64 feet, and has additions made in 1909, 1914 (Mother's Chapel), and 1955.  The building features a two-story, crenellated corner tower.<ref name="SHAARD">{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-05-01}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/22b75/N/St_James_Memorial_Chapel_Lagrange_CO_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. James Memorial Chapel| accessdate = 2016-05-01| author=Thomas S. Merritt| format = PDF| date=September 2000}} and Accompanying photographs.</ref>{{rp|5}}
It was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on  September 16, 2001.<ref name="nris"/> In 2016 the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana disassociated and ended the relationship between the Episcopal Church and Howe Military School. The Chapel is no longer under the care of the Episcopal Church and cannot be regarded as Episcopal.
==Chapel crypt burials==
Buried in the chapel's crypt are the founders of [[Howe Military School]], John Badlam Howe, (1812–1883) and Frances Marie (Glidden) Howe, his wife. Also buried there are the first four bishops of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana]] and the wives of three of them, as follows:
* 1. [[John Hazen White]] (1849–1925), first bishop, (and also the fourth bishop of the '''Episcopal Diocese of Indiana''' and his wife, Louise (Holbrook) White (1858–1928);
* 2. [[Campbell Gray]] (1879–1944), second bishop, and his wife, Virginia (Morgan) Gray (1886–1978);
* 3. [[Reginald Mallett]] (1893–1965), third bishop, and his wife, Lucy Atkinson Murchison Mallett (1898–1959); and
* 4. [[Walter C. Klein]], fourth bishop (1904–1980).<ref>http://www.rootsweb.com/~inlagran/cemetery.html></ref>
==Other local sites on the National Register of Historic Places==
Other sites in Howe on the National register are:
* [[John Badlam Howe Mansion]], which is also known as the Howe Military School Rectory or the Administration Building, located next to the chapel
* [[Lima Township School]]
* [[Star Milling and Electric Company Historic District]]
* [[Samuel P. Williams House]]
==See also==
{{Portal|Christianity}}
*[[List of Registered Historic Places in Indiana]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.howemilitary.com/ Howe Military School] website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002136/http://ednin.org/ednin/ Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana] website
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~inlagran/cemetery.html List of Burials in St. James Military Chapel]
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[[Category:Military chapels of the United States]]
[[Category:Episcopal church buildings in Indiana]]
[[Category:Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in LaGrange County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 1902]]
[[Category:Churches in LaGrange County, Indiana]]
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