Department of Trivia: Description

The outside impression of the chantry’s property deceives. The main building is a 500 years old mansion from England, that was disassembled, shipped to the US and rebuild from original materials. The windows, especially the stained-glass windows, former church windows, are, too, imported from England.

Like many incredible expensive buildings from the beginning of the 20th century, its upkeep was, after the financial woes of the 1920s and the war, no longer feasible. It was abandoned by its former owner, fell in disrepair and was finally forgotten.

When the Deacon Evi Nemeth bought the land, the real estate market had just crashed, making the cost manageable. She poured her life savings (at the time) and funds from friends and some future chantry members into it.

She planned, from the beginning, to build it as a college chantry to give future Virtual Adepts and possibly apprentices from other traditions a safe place to learn and grow.