{"id":60797,"date":"2025-10-22T15:29:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=60797"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:27:07","slug":"sage-chapel-crypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/sage-chapel-crypt\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visit to Sage Chapel\u2019s Crypt, Resting Place of Eminent Cornellians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">More than a dozen people\u2014including the Founder\u2014are interred below an ornate chamber known as the memorial antechapel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Joe Wilensky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The likeness of founder Ezra Cornell, elegantly sculpted in marble, lies in repose atop a sarcophagus, which stands against a wall that glimmers with the colorful light of stained-glass windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the memorial antechapel within Sage Chapel, and Ezra is not alone: there are several other tomb effigies, sarcophagi, and memorial plaques representing distinguished figures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior view of the Sage Chapel memorial antechapel addition, added to the building in 1883, on the Cornell campus\" class=\"wp-image-60861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_003-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">Jason Koski \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A memorial plaque is embedded in one of the antechapel&#8217;s outer walls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, this chamber marks the final resting place for more than a dozen Cornellians and their relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDirectly beneath the north window,\u201d observes the 1905 book\u00a0<em>Cornell University: A History<\/em>, \u201cis a recumbent figure of Ezra Cornell in white marble, of heroic size.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The space is silent\u2014and although it may seem a bit spooky amid the blank gazes of sculpted faces, the actual remains of these Cornellians are not on this level. They reside one floor beneath, in vaults within a crypt that\u2019s sealed by a three-by-five-foot stone slab weighing more than 700 pounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>The actual remains reside one floor beneath the antechapel, in vaults within a crypt that\u2019s sealed by a three-by-five-foot stone slab weighing more than 700 pounds.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The antechapel was added to the building\u2019s north face in 1883\u201384, nearly a decade after Sage opened. Funded both by the University and the estate of Jennie McGraw Fiske, it was dedicated in memory of Ezra, Jennie, and her father, trustee and benefactor John McGraw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tablet bearing their names, embedded into an exterior wall, was unveiled by a future U.S. president: Grover Cleveland, then governor of New York. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center rkv-gutter-bottom-quarter\">Memorials in Stone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" class=\"wp-block-rkv-carousel rkv-swiper swiper is-caption-align-center\"><div class=\"alignfull swiper-buttons\"><div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rkv-carousel__image swiper-slide is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"detail on Ezra Cornell's sarcophagus includes the &quot;Any person ... any study&quot; founding principle on a carved tablet\" class=\"wp-image-60864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_020-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">Jason Koski \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ezra&#8217;s famed pledge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rkv-carousel__image swiper-slide is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-1024x575.jpeg\" alt=\"detail view of the sarcophagus of Jennie McGraw Fiske in the Sage Chapel memorial antechapel\" class=\"wp-image-60871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-608x342.jpeg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-304x171.jpeg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-152x85.jpeg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-1184x666.jpeg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-592x333.jpeg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-296x166.jpeg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-632x355.jpeg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-316x177.jpeg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-400x225.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-200x112.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY-100x56.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Jennie_McGraw_sarcophagus_Sage_Chapel_Cornell_Univ_Ithaca_NY.jpeg 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">wikimedia commons<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Jennie McGraw Fiske, the Cornell Chimes&#8217; benefactress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rkv-carousel__image swiper-slide is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"a carved figure on the sarcophagus honoring several members of Andrew D. White's family in the Sage Chapel memorial antechapel\" class=\"wp-image-60865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_024-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">Jason Koski \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of the antechapel&#8217;s many detailed carvings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rkv-carousel__image swiper-slide is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"detail view of the sarcophagus of Mary O. White, Andrew D. White's first wife, in the Sage Chapel memorial antechapel\" class=\"wp-image-60863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_017-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">Jason Koski \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mary Outwater White, first wife of A.D. White.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He spoke of the course of higher education,&#8221; the <em>Daily Sun<\/em> reported of his remarks, &#8220;and testified to the ennobling influence of those whose memory the chapel will commemorate, and of lives similar to theirs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Numerous stained-glass windows adorn the antechapel&#8217;s walls\u2014depicting notable Cornellians, the founders of other universities, and a variety of 19th-century scholars and educators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> Directly beneath the north window is a recumbent figure of Ezra Cornell in white marble, of heroic size.<\/p>\n<cite><em><strong>Cornell University: A History<\/strong><\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe ridge of the slate room is surmounted by an iron cresting,\u201d <em>Cornell University: A History<\/em> notes. &#8220;The chapel measures inside 20 feet in width by 32 feet in length. The inside walls up to the window sills are of Ohio stone. The remainder of the interior walls is of yellow brick. The ceiling is a ribbed vault \u2026 supported by columns of red marble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Founder&#8217;s effigy was crafted by William Wetmore Story, a noted American sculptor whose work now resides in such institutions as the Smithsonian and NYC\u2019s Metropolitan Museum of Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Ezra Cornell's sarcophagus in the Sage Chapel memorial antechapel\" class=\"wp-image-60862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/2025_1391_JK_006-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">Jason Koski \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ezra is depicted holding a scroll in his right hand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ezra, who died in 1874, had originally been buried at <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/earle-city-cemetery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ithaca City Cemetery<\/a>, located on the hillside below what&#8217;s now West Campus. 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src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/DSCF7780-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"in the below-ground Sage Chapel crypt, Ezra Cornell's marker is noted with a simple &quot;E.C.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-60869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/DSCF7780-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/DSCF7780-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/DSCF7780-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/DSCF7780-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/DSCF7780-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/DSCF7780-A-608x342.jpg 608w, 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