{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Brophy College Chapel | nrhp_type = | image = File:Brophy College and Chapel (1).JPG | caption = | location = 4701 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona | coordinates = {{coord|33|30|18|N|112|4|19|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Arizona#USA | built = 1928 | architect = Lescher & Mahoney; E. J. Wasielewski | architecture = Mission/Spanish Revival | added = August 10, 1993 | area = less than one acre | mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500045|title=Religious Architecture in Phoenix MPS}} | refnum = 93000747<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref> }}
'''Brophy College Chapel''' is a chapel at Brophy College Preparatory, a Jesuit high school in Phoenix, Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
==History and architecture== The building was constructed in 1928 along with the original school as a donation from Mrs. William Henry Brophy in memory of her late husband.<ref name="official">{{Cite web|url=http://www.brophyprep.org/?page_id=70|title = Brophy College Preparatory | Boys Catholic School in Phoenix}}</ref> The Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival building was built from brick with stucco facing, along with clay tile for the roof. The chapel is a two and a half tall square building measuring 100x100 feet. Pilasters divide the building into vertical bays. It was designed by Lescher & Mahoney, architects who designed several other NRHP-listed buildings in Phoenix.
Situated along Phoenix's Central Avenue in mid-town, the bell tower of the chapel, which is {{convert|135|ft|m}} tall and topped with a dome and cross, is the focal point of the campus and serves as Brophy's logo.
===Interior architecture=== The building's altar is pink tufa, quarried near Wickenburg, designed in a Mexican baroque style.<ref name="official"/> A painting of the Holy Family by an unknown Italian artist of the 15th century is framed above. Inside the sacristy, a 1670 crucifix from the Monk's Cemetery at Evaux in France is hung.
Local blacksmiths built the heavily Spanish-inspired wrought iron chandeliers. Other metalwork includes the original Communion rail, moved after Vatican Council II to a side altar.<ref name="official"/>
The stained glass windows were executed in Dublin, Ireland, by the artists of An Tur Gloine. All except one in the choir loft had been ordered by 1934; a local artist was commissioned to create this remaining window in 1985.<ref name="official"/>
===Parish use=== In 1928, St. Francis was the second parish established in Phoenix. The Brophy chapel served the parish until 1959.<ref name="official"/>
==References== {{reflist}} *The NRHP nomination form (not available through NPS Focus)
==External links== *{{official website|https://www.brophyprep.org/about/our-campus/brophy-chapel}}
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{{NRHP in Arizona by county}} {{Maricopa County, Arizona}}
Category:Roman Catholic church buildings in Phoenix, Arizona Category:National Register of Historic Places in Phoenix, Arizona Category:Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1928 Category:1928 establishments in Arizona Category:Mission Revival architecture in Arizona Category:University and college chapels in the United States Category:20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States Category:Society of Jesus in Arizona