Duke Chapel

401 Chapel Drive
Durham, NC 27708

Map/Directions

Built between 1930 and 1935 in the neo-Gothic English style, Duke Chapel was the first building planned for the new West Campus, but the last to be completed. This iconic building features a 210-foot tower, a 50-bell carillon, 77 stained glass windows, three pipe organs, and wooden pew and chair seating for 1,600 people. Its chief designer was African American architect Julian F. Abele, who also led the design of West Campus. A wheelchair-accessible entrance is available at the rear of the Duke Chapel on the north side of the building, and accessible seating is available in the north transept. Duke Chapel hosts many of Duke Performances’ large choral concerts; the acoustics in the transepts and the crossing are particularly excellent. Patrons may wish to bring a cushion for pew seating.

Directions

• FROM CHAPEL HILL VIA HWY 15-501
  • From the US-15/501 Bypass N take exit 108A for Morreene Road.
  • Turn right onto Morreene Road (You will pass the Millennium Hotel on your left).
  • Continue straight through light at the intersection of Erwin Road and Towerview Drive/Morreene Road (Morreene Road becomes Towerview Drive at this intersection).
  • Take a left at the first light onto Science Drive, the Bryan Center parking lot and garage will be your second right.
• FROM RALEIGH, CARY AND POINTS EAST
  • Via I-40 West: Merge onto 147 N via Exit 279B toward Durham/Downtown.
  • From 147 N take the Fulton Street/Hillandale Road Exit 15B & bear left under the freeway.
  • Turn right onto Erwin Road (the light directly in front of Duke Hospital North).
  • At the third light turn left onto Towerview Drive (Morreene Road will be on your right).
  •  Turn left at the first light onto Science Drive. The Bryan Center parking lot and garage will be your second right.
• FROM GREENSBORO, BURLINGTON AND POINTS WEST
  • Take I-85 North to Durham.
  • Exit at Duke University 751 & follow for 3.5 miles.
  • Turn right onto 751, you will pass under 15-501 and pass Erwin Road.
  • At the fourth light, turn left onto Science Drive (the Washington Duke Inn will be on your right).
  • Go straight through one light (the intersection of Science Drive and Towerview Road).
  • The Bryan Center parking lot and garage will be your second right.
• FROM POINTS NORTH VIA I-85
  • Merge onto I-85 South Exit onto 15-501 S toward Chapel Hill.
  • Take the Morreene Road exit via Exit 108A off of 15-501 S and turn left onto Morreene Road.
  • Continue straight through light at the intersection of Erwin Road and Towerview Drive/Morreene Road (Morreene Road becomes Towerview Drive at this intersection).
  • Turn a left at the first light onto Science Drive.
  • The Bryan Center parking lot and garage will be your second right.
• PARKING
  • Visitors to the Chapel are encouraged to use the Bryan Center parking deck (Parking Garage IV) or the Bryan Center visitors lot. The cost is $2 per hour except on Sunday mornings, when parking is free until 1:00 p.m. For some evening and weekend special events, overflow parking will be provided in the Biological Sciences parking lot, on the opposite side of Science Drive from the Bryan Center and Chapel, for $2 per hour.
  • During evenings and weekends, some additional free parking is available on West Campus. Limited parking is available on the streets and in selected parking lots that do not remain gated evenings and weekends. For information on these parking options, please consult the maps provided by Duke Parking and Transportation Services.
  • West Quad Lot (Permit/Duke Comm. 5pm-7am)
  • Bryan Center Meter Lot (Public)
  • Parking Garage IV (PGIV) (Permit / Some public spaces)