Facilities

Use of the Facilities

Subject to approval and availability, these facilities may be used by members of the Vanderbilt community:

• Benton Chapel for weddings, Services of Holy Union, and memorial services
• Meeting/conference rooms in the Religious Life Office building on West End Avenue for student groups
• All Faith Chapel for meditation, weddings, Services of Holy Union, services, and other events

Please contact the office of Religious Life for more information.

The Tarpley Building - Our Main Office

Religious Life
2417 West End Avenue
Information: 322-2457
Office hours: M-F, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The office of Religious Life is located in a red brick building on the Vanderbilt campus on West End Avenue. It is just west of Carmichael Towers West, near the corner of 25th Avenue and West End (Rite Aid Pharmacy is right across the street).

Benton Chapel

Address: 444 21st Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37203

Capacity: 330 on main floor, 110 in Balcony, 30 in choir area

Benton Chapel is part of the John Frederick Oberlin Divinity Quadrangle, built in 1959 and later named to commemorate the 1966 merger of Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology with Vanderbilt Divinity School. The Chapel itself is named for John Keith Benton, dean of the Divinity School from 1939 to 1956. Harvie Branscomb, chancellor from 1946 to 1963, and his wife, Margaret, are interred in the west wall.

All Faith Chapel

A small size space with no religious icons. There are various ways to control the chapel's lighting (a common religious & spiritual theme) if so desired.

Capacity: 60 people.

Located directly underneath Benton Chapel

• Ideal for weddings, rehearsals, religious services, University worship services. The Chaplain's office schedules weddings in All Faith and Benton Chapel.
• Chairs should be returned to standard pew arrangement if modified during usage. Failure to do so may result in financial charges.
• Food and drink are not allowed in All Faith, with the exception of sacramental elements.
• Initiations and rituals restricted to members of private/closed groups are NOT permitted.
• Initiations and rituals open to the public may be permitted with approval from the Director of Religious Life.

Religious Life
2417 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37240

Phone: 615-322-2457
Fax: 615-343-8355
Email: gay.h.welch@vanderbilt.edu

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