Editing General Theological Seminary (section)

=== 19th century ===
In 1878, [[Eugene Augustus Hoffman]] – said to be the richest clergyman in the world due to his extensive real estate holdings<ref>Burrows, p. 1087.</ref> – was appointed dean.  Under his tenure, the seminary saw tremendous growth, both in student body and facilities.  Dean Hoffman's "grand design" was for the seminary's Chelsea campus to be built on an [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] model, with [[Gothic Revival architecture|neo-Gothic]] buildings facing onto a central quadrangle or Close.  Likely Dean Hoffman's most influential addition to the seminary's campus was the Chapel of the Good Shepherd which was begun in 1886, completed two years later, and became known as the "Jewel of Chelsea Square."  Its set of 15 tubular bells is the oldest extant in this country, with tubes by John Harrington of Coventry, England; original installation (1888) by Walter Durfee of Providence, Rhode Island; and a modern baton clavier (1983) by Royal Eijsbouts of Asten, Netherlands.<ref>Carl Scott Zimmerman, http://www.towerballs.org/data/NYNYGENS.HTM{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  The tower chime is played daily by members of the seminary's Guild of Chimers to call the community to worship. Architect [[Charles C. Haight]] designed and supervised construction of most of the buildings on Chelsea Square while Haight's father, Benjamin I. Haight, was the first priest at nearby [[St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)|St. Peter's Episcopal Church]].