Entered through the romantic remains of an old dairy farm, the privately owned Yancey Chapel is set into the side of a bluff which overlooks a beautiful landscape. Concerned both with being environmentally friendly and cost-efficient, students decided to build the walls of the chapel out of recycled tires.

The tires were filled with dirt which had been excavated from the site, packed down, and then stuccoed over. A nearby tire dealer had been charged with disposing of his used tire collection, so he donated the tires to the project. The roof of the structure is covered with tin, with the roof beams salvaged from an old house. Rock, which constitutes the floor of the chapel, was taken from a nearby riverbed.