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20th Anniversary Celebration
A Fort Worth Architectural Icon Celebrates 20 years!!
The Marty Leonard Community Chapel, built in honor of its namesake, is celebrating 20 years of gracing the Fort Worth landscape. Designed by Gold Medal recipient, E. Fay Jones and Maurice Jennings, the Chapel was built in 1990 on the grounds of Lena Pope Home.
The Marty Leonard Community Chapel was constructed for the children and families served by Lena Pope Home and the community. It was a long time dream come true for Marty Leonard, when her family and friends honored her with a rendering and partial funds for the chapel construction on her 50th birthday. Also celebrating fifty years of Lena Pope Home board leadership, Marty Leonard is “so happy to have shared my gift with so many who have enjoyed the serenity and inspiration of the Chapel. It is only fitting that the initial celebration of the 20 year Anniversary be for the architectural treasure it is.” In 2008, the Chapel was voted by AIA Fort Worth as one of Fort Worth’s favorite buildings.
On November 18, 2010, the Chapel and Lena Pope Home will celebrate the many generous donors and funders who have made the Chapel possible. The early evening program will be held in the Chapel followed by a tented dinner on the adjacent lawn.
At an earlier celebration in the spring of 2010, the Chapel hosted two unique architectural and design programs featuring Maurice Jennings, AIA, partner of Chapel designer E. Fay Jones; an afternoon workshop for area architectural and design students and an evening with area AIA (American Institute of Architects) and ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) professionals.
If you would like to contribute to the legacy of the Marty Leonard Community Chapel, you may do so as a donation, memorial or honorarium. You may also commemorate your support with a personalized brick celebrating the 20th Anniversary in the courtyard of the Chapel.
The Marty Leonard Chapel is located at 3131 Sanguinet Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107. It is open for visitors, Monday – Friday from 10am to 4 pm. For additional information about the Chapel schedule, please call the Chapel Director, Katherine Lewis, at 817-255-2576. For further information about the November 18, 2010 Chapel celebration, please call Marilyn Sammons at 817-255-2606.