Fritz Chapel

Fritz Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Spruce Creek Rd. west of its junction with U.S. Route 52
Nearest city	Bellevue, Iowa
Coordinates	42°17′41″N 90°29′34″W / 42.29472°N 90.49278°W / 42.29472; -90.49278Coordinates: 42°17′41″N 90°29′34″W / 42.29472°N 90.49278°W / 42.29472; -90.49278
Area	less than one acre
Built	1852
Built by	Mathias Fritz
Architectural style	Vernacular
MPS	Limestone Architecture of Jackson County MPS
NRHP reference No.	91001067[1]
Added to NRHP	August 30, 1991

Fritz Chapel is a historic religious structure located northwest of Bellevue, Iowa, United States. The small roadside chapel was built by Mathias Fritz (1819-1889) in 1852. Fritz immigrated with his family to the United States from Luxembourg that same year. He built this chapel as an act of thanksgiving for the safe journey. The roughly 8-by-7-foot (2.4 by 2.1 m) structure has limestone walls on three sides and is open on the front.^[2] It is capped with a gable roof. The walls inside the chapel are plastered, and it houses a small stone altar and a hand-carved crucifix. Located on the north side of a gravel road, it is surrounded by a picket fence. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1]

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