The cross was removed from the chapel at my alma mater, The College of William and Mary. I was a regular worshiper at Catholic Mass on Tuesdays and Thursdays (sans communion, of course, owing to my protestant nature), but ask me if I care (I don’t). Yet some folks evidently do care. Meredith Henne writes a thoughtful essay on the topic over at First Things: William & Mary’s Chapel at a Crossroads.
Working as a hospital chaplain in a secular setting in an intentionally interfaith capacity has helped me appreciate that neither the world, the United States, the church, nor the Christian faith will collapse if a cross is removed from a public place. In fact, these things might be better off for it . . . But it is late at night. More thoughts on this topic later. Maybe. G’night.
The Lutheran Zephyr 
Question,
Were either of these chapels ever designated or known as strictly Christian?
At least it’s still a chapel. The state university down the road from Outer Podunk converted its interfaith chapel to an art gallery…now, I love art galleries, and the local Wesley Center — along with a couple of other denominational campus ministries, built right on campus, back in the day when that was considered okay — has become something of a defacto interfaith gathering place for various groups — but it’s a little sad that the university was no longer willing to provide a neutral meeting ground for persons of faith.