Campus Facility Rentals

• Seats about 100 people
• $1,000 for 48-hour reservation or $400 for three hours

Grand River Chapel was constructed in 1918 as Grand River Baptist Church in Jameson, Mo. When the church disbanded in 1992, members voted to donate the building to William Jewell College. Grand River Chapel was disassembled board by board and rebuilt on our campus. This important piece of preserved Missouri history offers a quiet place for prayer and reflection and serves as a gathering place for faith-based groups, music recitals and momentous occasions such as weddings.

• The Gano Chapel auditorium seats more than 800 people and has been used for weddings and symposiums. 
• $1,000/day or $250/hour

Gano Assembly is adjacent to the Chapel: 

• $250 for the first hour; $50/hour each additional; $750 for 48-hour hold

In 1926, Kansas City resident Elizabeth Price Johnson funded the construction of Gano Chapel and named it after her great grandfather, Rev. John Gano, founder of the First Baptist Church of New York City and chaplain to Gen. George Washington. It was during this time with Washington that some believe Gano baptized George Washington by immersion. There are an equal number of historians who do not believe it happened, and this issue sparked a national debate in the 1930s after an article appeared in TIME Magazine discussing this question. The painting depicting the baptism still brings visitors to the campus from around the country. In 1996, another descendant of John Gano donated a sword reportedly given to Gano by Washington, who received it from Major-General Marquis de Lafayette. The sword is also on display in the chapel. 

Built on a solid foundation of blue limestone, Gano Chapel has a basement and two floors. Major renovations were completed in 2000, including an assembly room and the Walter Pope & Blanche Binns steeple, which holds the Carolyne Hester Carillons. The original stained-glass windows in the Thomas and Virginia Fields Convocation Center were designed by long time professor J.E. Davis. Bearing the college seal and motto, Deo Fisus Labora, they depict the life of Christ. It is the site of speeches by Presidents Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter, as well as the professional recital debut of tenor Luciano Pavarotti in 1973. 

Gano Chapel is also home to a 55-rank, three-manual-and-pedal pipe organ. It was constructed by the Quimby Pipe Organ Company of Warrensburg, Mo., and made possible through the generosity of many donors, including a major gift from the Pillsbury Foundation. 

• $100 for two hours; $50 for each additional hour 

Originally built near Richmond in Ray County in 1843, the Dale-Patton one-room school was relocated to the William Jewell campus in 2000. 

• $100 for the first hour; $50 for each additional hour 

• $250 for the first hour; $50/hour each additional; $750 for 48-hour hold

• $250 for the first hour; $50/hour each additional; $750 for 48-hour hold

• Jewell Affiliates, Alumni (non-members) and Community: $100 per hour per court; $100 per hour per classroom; $2,000 per day for entire facility (some areas might not be available) 

• Jewell Affiliates, Alumni (non-members) and Community: $65 per hour for practice; $1,000 per day for meets 

• Jewell Affiliates, Alumni and Community: $200 per hour; $2,500 per day including lights, scoreboard, press box; $2,900 per day for lights, scoreboard, press box and two locker rooms in the Mabee Center
• Lights and Utility Fee required after 4 p.m.: $50 per hour
• Reservations using sound, light boards and/or scoreboards are required to have a Jewell employee in place: $25 per hour service fee 

• Jewell Affiliates, Alumni and Community: $100 per hour; $1,000 per day 
• Lights and Utility Fee required after 4 p.m.: $50 per hour 
• Reservations using sound, light boards and/or scoreboards are required to have a Jewell employee in place: $25 per hour service fee 

• Jewell Affiliates, Alumni and Community: $100 per hour; $1,000 per day 
• Lights and Utility Fee required after 4 p.m.: $50 per hour 
• Reservations using sound, light boards and/or scoreboards are required to have a Jewell employee in place: $25 per hour service fee 

2 synthetic turf; 1 natural surface for Soccer, Lacrosse, Field Hockey

• Jewell Affiliates, Alumni and Community: $100 per hour per field; $1,000 per day per field; $500 per day for natural field only 
• Lights and Utility Fee required after 4 p.m.: $50 per hour