Liturgical Arts
Rodman Wanamaker was a patron of many important commissions in the field of liturgical arts, and his legacy includes a sterling silver altar and silver pulpit at the church of the Queen's estate in Sandringham, England, as well as a massive processional cross for Westminster Abbey. He made important additions to his Philadelphia parish of St. Mark's Church, notably the sumptuously-appointed Lady Chapel, which was a memorial to his first wife, Fernanda.
He commissioned architect John T. Windrim to design a free-standing bell tower for the Church of St. James the Less in Roxborough, Philadelphia. It is also an extensive mausoleum for the Wanamaker family.
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