he Pelham Chapel was erected in 1887 in memory of the more than 260,000 Confederate war dead and as a place of worship for the veterans who resided in the R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 , Confederate Soldiers Home. The Confederate Veterans themselves, many of them disabled and impoverished, funded the construction. Marion J. Dimmock, Sr. designed the Gothic Revival structure and Joseph F. Wingfield built it. The chapel was used regularly for Veteran Meetings, Sunday Services, and "Last Roll Call Services". More than 1,700 Confederate Veterans "Last Roll Calls" were held here, until the last resident veteran died in 1941. The home was then closed and the buildings were demolished, except for the Chapel and the Robinson House - the superintendent's dwelling. The Chapel was restored in 1960-1961 and is now known as the "Confederate War Memorial Chapel", granted with the same status of a Confederate Monument. A Chapel Guide, from the SCV Lee Jackson Camp No. 1, Interperts the Chapel weekly.