page_title: Heinz Memorial Chapel
section_title: Historical timeline
hierarchical_section_title: Heinz Memorial Chapel / Historical timeline
caption_attribution_description: English: Interior of the Heinz Memorial Chapel, a historic landmark in Pittsburgh.
context_page_description: Heinz Memorial Chapel is a Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark and a contributing property to the Schenley Farms National Historic District on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
context_section_description: January 1914 – The Pittsburgh Gazette Times announces the gift of $100,000 from Henry John Heinz to erect a building in memory of his mother, Anna Margaritta Heinz.  A letter addressed to the University of Pittsburgh board of trustees from H. J. Heinz states that the building be "exclusively used for the religious and social activities of the student body of the university".
  November 4, 1929 – A Deed of Gift is drawn up between Howard Heinz, Clifford Heinz, and Irene E. Given and the University of Pittsburgh.
  August 15, 1933 – Groundbreaking is held for the Heinz Memorial Chapel by W. F. Trimble and Sons, General Contractors.
  February 1934 – Cornerstone setting ceremonies were held.
  June 20, 1934 – A contract was signed by Howard Heinz for $24,000 to purchase Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ Opus 922; the instrument contained approximately 4,295 pipes, and 89 stops.
  November 20, 1938 – The chapel was dedicated at 2:30 p.m., as soon as the Skinner instrument installation was complete.  Dr. Russell G. Wichmann, the first organist at Heinz Chapel, played at the dedication. Shadyside Presbyterian Church quartet, which he directed, and the University of Pittsburgh Chorus, participated.
  November 23, 1938 – The first student service was held in the chapel—a Thanksgiving Day service held a day early.  Dr. Wichmann served as organist, accompanying the University of Pittsburgh Choir.  The Alumni Review reported that all seats were filled well before the scheduled start of the service.  According to the student ushers present, several hundred students were turned away.
  1938 – Rev. Raymond F. Brittain of the University's Department of History of Religion, was appointed director of religious programs in the chapel.
  January 4, 1939 – Daily 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. programs instituted with fifteen minutes of organ music, followed by ten minutes of responsive reading, singing and prayer.
  December 18, 1939 – The first Vespers service in the chapel was held at 2:30 p.m.
  April 9, 1939 – A program first mentioned the "University Symphony Orchestra", for Easter Vespers. The ensemble included four violins, two violas and one cello.
  January 11, 1946 - The first wedding ceremony was held in the chapel.
  1992 - A scene for the movie Lorenzo's Oil is filmed in Heinz Chapel.
  1996 - An addition was added to the north side of the chapel.
caption: Interior of Heinz Chapel
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