The spiritual home of religious life on campus, nonsectarian Memorial Church
also is the architectural centerpiece of the Main Quad and a landmark widely
recognized as an emblem of the university.

Memorial Church's façade, decorated with colorful mosaics (there are over 20,000
shades of color in the tiles), enlivens the Quad's stark beauty. The church's
ornate interior boasts stained glass windows, intricate stonework, gold leaf
decoration and redwood ceilings. Those fortunate enough to visit Memorial Church
in the early morning may be treated to an impromptu concert by the university
organist on one of the church's four organs.

The church, affectionately known as "MemChu," was built in the early 1900s by
Jane Lathrop Stanford in memory of her husband, Leland Stanford Sr., who founded
the university with his wife. Memorial Church is the site of numerous campus events,
from choir concerts and lectures to religious and spiritual services.
Since 1903, about 7,500 couples have been married in the church.

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