In the spring of 1972, a series of public meetings attracted public interest that led to the revitalization of the Knox County Historical Society. Empty since vandals desecrated the chapel during the late thirties, residents of Gambier formed the Quarry Chapel Restoration Committee of the Knox County Historical Society to promote and finance the restoration of the stone chapel. The committee suggested that the main walls of the altar area and the vestibule to be torn down and rebuilt. The slate roofs also needed to be removed and the rotten sheeting and trim replaced. The committee hoped that the repairs would make the building weather tight and maintenance free for the near future.
Time is the only enemy.
Please help now. The township set aside some funds for preservation. Finally, the restoration began. The committee also wrote letters to many Kenyon alumni who had written their names on the walls of the building after the chapel had been deconsecrated and became a local hangout for Kenyon students. During the restoration, the committee sponsored various outdoor picnics at the chapel to promote fund raising and awareness of the chapel.