Chapel Disassembly

Heritage and Habitat: Rebuilding a National Treasure at Battery-Barnes

Heritage and Habitat: Rebuilding a National Treasure at Battery-Barnes October 9, 2025 Wayfarers Chapel, a National Historic Landmark designed by the renowned architect Lloyd Wright, is taking a bold step toward the future while honoring its deeply rooted past. With its original glass chapel site impacted by a cataclysmic landslide and ongoing geological instability, the Chapel’s Board is working with our elected officials towards a new prospective location [...]

2026-02-02T10:47:29-08:00October 9, 2025|Chapel Disassembly, New Site|

Wayfarers Chapel Announces Prospective New Site at Historic Battery Barnes, Honoring Peninsula’s Military Legacy and Natural Beauty

Wayfarers Chapel Announces Prospective New Site at Historic Battery Barnes, Honoring Peninsula’s Military Legacy and Natural Beauty June 17, 2025 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA — June 17, 2025 — Wayfarers Chapel, the internationally celebrated glass sanctuary designed by the renowned architect Lloyd Wright, proudly announces plans for a prospective new home at the historic Battery Barnes site in Rancho Palos Verdes. This visionary project honors South Bay’s rich [...]

2026-02-02T10:47:57-08:00June 17, 2025|Chapel Disassembly, New Site|

Bell Tower Disassembly

Wayfarers Leadership Moves Forward with Next Phase of Disassembly to Save the Chapel from Imminent Destruction in Landslide National Historic Landmark Wayfarers Chapel’s bell tower will be dismantled and removed July 17, 2024 Rancho Palos Verdes — The first phase of the Wayfarers Chapel disassembly is now complete and the team has successfully salvaged the most vulnerable elements of the landmark chapel: redwood, steel, glass, and roof tiles. Wayfarers Chapel and the surrounding [...]

2025-12-11T11:22:56-08:00July 17, 2024|Chapel Disassembly|
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