Fritz Chapel


Fritz Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Spruce Creek Rd. west of its junction with U.S. Route 52
Nearest city	Bellevue, Iowa
Coordinates	42°17′41″N 90°29′34″W / 42.29472°N 90.49278°W / 42.29472; -90.49278Coordinates: 42°17′41″N 90°29′34″W / 42.29472°N 90.49278°W / 42.29472; -90.49278
Area	less than one acre
Built	1852
Built by	Mathias Fritz
Architectural style	Vernacular
MPS	Limestone Architecture of Jackson County MPS
NRHP Reference #	91001067^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 30, 1991

Fritz Chapel is a historic religious structure located northwest of Bellevue, Iowa, United States. The small roadside chapel was built by Mathias Fritz (1819-1889) in 1852. Fritz immigrated with his family to the United States from Luxembourg that same year. He built this chapel as an act of thanksgiving for the safe journey. The roughly 8-by-7-foot (2.4 by 2.1 m) structure has limestone walls on three sides and is open on the front.^[2] It is capped with a gable roof. The walls inside the chapel are plastered, and it houses a small stone altar and a hand-carved crucifix. Located on the north side of a gravel road, it is surrounded by a picket fence. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Molly Meyers Naumann. "Fritz Chapel" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-28. with five photos from 1990-1991

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National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, Iowa

Andrew	Nathaniel Butterworth House DeFries House, Barn and Carpenter Shop Insane Asylum at the County Poor Farm Jackson County Jail Thomas Slye House

Baldwin	Henry Lubben House, Smokehouse and Springhouse Mill Rock School Mrs. Margaret Sieben House

Bellevue	Bellevue Herald Building Big Mill Homestead Building at 101 North Riverview Street Building at 126 South Riverview Street Building at 130-132 North Riverview Street Building at 306 South Second Street Dyas Hexagonal Barn George Dyas House William Dyas Barn Fritz Chapel House at 505 Court Street Jackson County Courthouse Kucheman Building Lock and Dam No. 12 Historic District Theodore Niemann House and Spring House Paradise Farm E.G. Potter's Jasper Flour Mill Robb House and Spring House Henry Roling House Spring Side Upper Paradise

La Motte	Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Narrow Gauge Depot-LaMotte Harris Wagon and Carriage Shop

Maquoketa	D.H. Anderson Building D.H. Anderson House Bassnett-Nickerson House George Cooper House Cundill Block Decker House Hotel First National Bank Milton Godard House Hotel Hurst Hotel Hurst Garage House at 111 E. Maple Street A.A. Hurst House Hurstville Historic District IOOF Building Mrs. Lydia Johnson House John Lake House Lyon Block Maquoketa Caves State Park Historic District Maquoketa Company-Clinton Machine Company Administration Building Maquoketa Free Public Library Dr. G.S. Martin House Merrero Building Mitchell-Maskrey Mill New Era Building Alexander Organ House Perham House C.M. Sanborn Building J.E. Squiers House W.B. Swigert House Henry Taubman House West Pleasant Street Historic District Seneca Williams Mill Anson Wilson House

Sabula	John S. Dominy House Savanna–Sabula Bridge Jeremiah Wood House

St. Donatus	Gehlen House and Barn Village of St. Donatus Historic District

Springbrook	Kegler Gonner Store and Post Office

Unincorporated areas	Canton Canton School Central School Garryowen St. Patrick's Church-Garryowen Otter Creek St. Lawrence Catholic Church Van Buren Township Polygonal Barn, Van Buren Township

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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