The Thorn Crown Chapel is primarily a wood and glass chapel nestled in the Ozark Mountains. Designed and built by E. Fay Jones in 1980 for Jim Reed, a retired school teacher who wanted a chapel for his friends, families, and visitors to the Ozarks to become closer to God. The ceiling consists of a network of crisscrossing pine wood beams with the outer facades being mainly composed of glass panels to allow occupants a full view of the surrounding scenery from inside the chapel. Jones drew his inspiration of the chapel from the gothic Chapel of Paris.