815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs,
New York, 12866
SKIDMORE PHONE
518-580-5000
Wilson
Memorial Chapel
The Wilson Memorial Chapel
is located on the north edge of campus in the College woods.
Designed as a non-denominational facility, it supports services
for all faiths in a wooded setting that fosters contemplative
reflection.
Disability Access
The chapel is fully accessible.
Visitors should use the Palamountain lot, diagonally across from
the chapel entrance.
History
Completed in 1969, the chapel
is named for Val Wilson, Skidmore's third president, who held
that office from 1957 until his death in 1964 at age 49. An ordained
Baptist minister, President Wilson initiated the College's move
from downtown to the former Woodlawn estate on North Broadway,
now the Jonsson campus. As president, he encouraged students to
"develop the basic human values which will deepen appreciations,
fortify integrity and thus strengthen those qualities of character
which are truly hallmarks of the educated person."
Creative Thought Matters.
Skidmore College · 815 North Broadway · Saratoga Springs, NY · 12866