Chapel of the Transfiguration window framing the Grand
— — a window built around a mountain.
Not only on a wall.
“A small log chapel at Moose, just inside the south end of Grand Teton National Park. The pews face east, and behind the altar a plain plate-glass window is set into the wall so the Grand Teton itself stands where another church would put a painting. The building was raised in 1925 by St John's Episcopal of Jackson, on land deeded by the Maud Noble cabin neighbours, so ranchers who could not make the wagon ride into town would have a place for Sunday service. Services still run in summer. from the studio
Chapel of the Transfiguration window framing the Grand, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
The Chapel of the Transfiguration stands a short walk from the Menors Ferry Historic District at Moose, Wyoming, near the south entrance of Grand Teton National Park. It was built in 1925 from local lodgepole pine logs as a mission of St John's Episcopal Church in Jackson, twelve miles to the south. The land was donated by Maud Noble and her ranching neighbours so families along the Snake River would not have to travel into town for service. The chapel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and remains an active congregation each summer.
The altar window faces almost due west toward the Cathedral Group of the Teton Range, with the Grand Teton itself, 13,775 feet, centred in the glass. The chapel's small size, about thirty feet wide, makes the window read like a single framed panel from any seat in the room. Morning light enters from behind the congregation and lights the peak through the glass; in late afternoon the mountain darkens and the interior holds the warmer tone of the log walls. The window is plain glass, no leading or tint, because the view was always the point.
The chapel is open daily from late May through late September, dawn to dusk, and visitors are welcome whether or not service is in session. Episcopal worship runs Sunday mornings during the summer, with an additional Saturday evening service in peak season. There is no entrance fee for the chapel itself; the park requires the standard Grand Teton entry pass, currently thirty-five dollars per vehicle for seven days. The trailhead parking lot off Teton Park Road is small and fills by mid-morning in July and August.