Chapel
One of the last structures completed at the fort , the Chapel was begun in November of 1878 on the foundations of the kitchen wing of the proposed site of a double officer's quarters similar to Quarters 7. When it was decided to halt the building of this unit, Chaplain Dunbar pleaded with the commanding officer to designate the structure as a school/chapel. In February of 1879, the structure was dedicated and described to be the "best furnished room in the post." The structure was used for a school, a chapel, and for social gatherings such as dances.
The present museum/interpretive use of the interior is quite appropriate as well as the periodic use in the 1880 School Program. It is also used for meeting space, weddings, special religious group meetings, and other special occasion gatherings.