| Marker Number |
11918 |
| Atlas Number |
5183011918 |
| Marker Title |
Harmon General Hospital Chapel |
| Index Entry |
Harmon General Hospital Chapel |
| Address |
Harris Dr. |
| City |
Longview |
| County |
Gregg |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
338045 |
| UTM Northing |
3593568 |
| Subject Codes |
hospitals; World War II; eccesiastical buildings; churches |
| Marker Year |
1997 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
| Marker Location |
Dorothy Speer Chapel, southwest of intersection of Stegall and Harris |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Authorized by the U. S. Army n 1942 and named for Col. Daniel Warrick Harmon, Harmon General Hospital was in operation from November 1942 to December 1945. This ecumenical chapel opened in January 1943. Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergy served here. The hospital property was acquired by the Le Tourneau Foundation in 1946 for use as a college. Despite several years as a storage facility, the chapel retained enough of its original fabric for renovation in the late 1950s and again in 1983 when it was formally named Speer Chapel. The structure remains a well-preserved vernacular chapel. Its notable features include a front-facing gabled roof, center projecting entrance with the roof below a central steeple, and wood sash windows. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1997 |
