Lee Chapel

VA - Roanoke, Virginia, USA

100 N Jefferson St, Lexington, VA 24450, USA

CHURCH

VISITOR INFORMATION

Open Wednesday 10am-5pm and Friday-Saturday mornings only, until 12pm; closed Sunday through Tuesday, as afternoons are reserved for private events.

https://www.wlu.edu/arts/museums/visit/hours-and-admission

This site is now officially known as University Chapel and Galleries. Admission is free, and free visitor parking is available at the University Chapel lot.

SITE FEATURES

Surviving Structures

Peak visitation season unconfirmed. No reliable site-specific monthly attendance pattern was established.

April-May or September-October for University Chapel, formerly Lee Chapel, in Lexington. Check the chapel-specific opening calendar and university events before travel.

HISTORIC SITES NEARBY

Nearby Historic Sites

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Landmark

WHO WAS HERE

0 About Lee Chapel

Lee Chapel was built after the Revolution and is chiefly associated with Robert E. Lee and Washington and Lee University. It had no Revolutionary War use. Its indirect connection is through the Lee family and the institution named partly for George Washington, the Continental commander who supported the school after independence.

The nineteenth-century brick chapel remains on Washington and Lee University’s campus as a historic building and museum. Preserved architectural fabric, exhibits, family crypt, memorial sculpture, and landscaped grounds reflect later commemorative history rather than an original structure associated with the American Revolution.

History happened here at Lee Chapel

Lee Chapel was built after the Revolution and is chiefly associated with Robert E. Lee and Washington and Lee University.

It had no Revolutionary War use. Its indirect connection is through the Lee family and the institution named partly for George Washington, the Continental commander who supported the school after independence.