The centrepiece of the University of the South campus, All Saints' Chapel is a soaring Gothic Revival building in Tennessee sandstone that anchors the entire academic quad. The interior is rich with stained glass — donors have funded windows over more than a century, creating a layered collection that spans styles from Victorian to mid-20th century. The building seats around 1,000 and doubles as the university's primary gathering space for convocations, concerts, and services.
Visitors are welcome outside service times. The chapel is typically open during daylight hours; step inside even briefly — the stonework and the proportions reward the detour.
story: "The chapel's cornerstone was laid in 1905, but the building took decades to complete as funds allowed. The tower wasn't finished until 1959. It was designed in the English Collegiate Gothic style specifically to echo the look of Oxford and Cambridge — a deliberate architectural statement about the university's aspirations."