Ira Allen Chapel, Historic chapel at University of Vermont, Burlington, US

Ira Allen Chapel is a secular chapel on the University of Vermont campus, at the northeast corner of University Green in Burlington. Designed by William Mitchell Kendall of McKim, Mead & White, it was built in 1925–26 and dedicated on January 14, 1927. Its granite cornerstone, laid June 22, 1925, bears an inscription to Ira Allen, and its 2,063-pound bell was cast by McShane Bell Foundry of Baltimore.

James Benjamin Wilbur, a Vermont history enthusiast, funded the chapel with a $200,000 endowment offered in 1924 on condition it be named for Ira Allen and designed by McKim, Mead & White. The cornerstone was laid on June 22, 1925, exactly a century after Lafayette laid Old Mill's, and the chapel was dedicated on January 14, 1927. It joined the National Register in 1975 as part of the University Green Historic District.

The chapel is named for Ira Allen, the university's founder, who never paid the 4,000-pound pledge he had made toward its first buildings. Its 2,063-pound bell, cast by the McShane Bell Foundry of Baltimore in 1926, hangs in the tower. The granite cornerstone, laid on June 22, 1925, is inscribed to the memory of Allen.

The chapel stands at the northeast corner of the University Green, facing College Street and Lake Champlain, with the Lafayette monument at the Green's north end nearby. The 2,063 lb bell cast by McShane Bell Foundry of Baltimore hangs in the belfry, installed in May 1926. The tower's open arches are filled with reinforced concrete, added after rumors that the structure was unstable.

The cornerstone bears an inscription marking something unusual: it dedicates the space to both religious service and a historical founder. This duality is rare for a secular university building.