On the northeast corner of the University Green in Burlington rises Ira Allen Chapel, a secular chapel dedicated on January 14, 1927 and named for the university's founder. The building was constructed during 1925–26 and formally dedicated on January 14, 1927; it was later added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1975 as part of the University Green Historic District. Named after the university’s founder, Ira Allen, its construction was made possible by a $200,000 endowment from James Benjamin Wilbur, LL.
D (1856–1929) of Manchester, Vermont in 1924. The chapel’s cornerstone was installed on June 22, 1925 during commencement activities — a date that fell exactly one hundred years after the laying of Old Mill’s cornerstone by General Lafayette. That cornerstone ceremony opened with a prayer offered by the Reverend John Lowe Fort and was followed by the hymn "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken.
If you look closely at the chapel you will find a granite inscription that reads: "Dedicated to the service of God erected in memory of the founder of this university Ira Allen - 1925". The building was designed by architect William Mitchell Kendall. William Mitchell Kendall designed this chapel you see, its cornerstone laid a century after Old Mill's.