[1][2][3][4] As originally planned, the building of the chapel was meant to be a joint effort between the congregation of Most Holy Name and Mollinger, who would match their contribution.

After the original dedication, additions were made to house the life-sized stations of the cross as well as the growing number of pilgrims, and so the enlarged chapel was rededicated on June 13, 1892, the feast day of Saint Anthony.

He made several trips to Europe in order to collect relics, an unprecedented amount of which were floating in the market at the time because of political upheavals due to the so-called Kulturkampf in Germany and the unification of Italy.

Because Mollinger apparently died without leaving a will, his heirs descended on the chapel and stripped it of its crystal chandeliers, black onyx altar, candelabra, and all portable items that could be sold.

The chapel also houses a life-sized set of statues that depict the Way of the Cross, which were imported from Munich and made by the Royal Ecclesiastical Art Establishment of Mayer and Company.