St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island
St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island (locally, St. Peter's Chapel) is an historic church building located on Walnut Avenue near Cedar Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, California, in the historic core of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. It is the first Naval chapel in the Pacific, the first interdenominational chapel in the armed services, and the second chapel built on a U.S. Navy property, the first being the original Naval chapel in Annapolis replaced in 1904. Dedicated on 13 October 1901, St. Peter's Chapel is the oldest extant Naval chapel in the United States. It is "a key contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and a National Historic Landmark, and individually, as one of the most important chapels owned by the U.S. Navy.": 2
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Walnut Avenue, Vallejo
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N 38.094444444444 ° | E -122.27027777778 ° |
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Chapel Park
Walnut Avenue
94592 Vallejo
California, United States
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