page_title: Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Geneva)
section_title: Building
hierarchical_section_title: Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Geneva) / Building
caption_attribution_description: Construction Memorial 1877-78 of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Geneva
context_page_description: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, located in Geneva, Switzerland, is an Episcopal parish of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, and a member of the Anglican Communion. The church has previously been known as "The American Church", but this designation was abandoned in 1977 in the light of a decreasing American participation in the congregation. In December 1924 the church was established as a charitable foundation under Swiss law: La Fondation de la Chappelle d'Emmanuel.
context_section_description: In 1876 The Emmanuel Chapel Company was formed for the construction of a church; MM Barbey, Bates, Delavin, Collins and Marcelin being the administrators. The foundation stone of the building was laid on 27 July 1877 by former American President Ulysses S. Grant on land donated by Henry I. Barbey, on what was then the Rue des Voirons. The first service took place in the church on Easter Sunday, 21 April 1878, in the presence of the American Consul and Vice-Consul.  The building was consecrated on 24 August 1878 by  Bishop Littlejohn of Long Island.  
  The church building stands on land reclaimed from the lake in the early 18th century.  It lies on a roughly South-West to North-East axis, due to the constraints of its surroundings.
  An extension, the Parish House, was designed by Edmond Fatio (biography in French  Edmond Fatio) and opened in November 1930.  It contains the Parish Halls, offices and the Library in English (formerly the "American Library").  In 1976 the Parish House suffered damage from subsidence caused by the excavation for a new hotel nearby.
  The current organ, by Hans Füglister, was dedicated on 23 June 1991.
caption: Memorial of the Construction and Consecration of the church
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