Cathedrale saint paul wikipedia

St paul's cathedral architecture style

One of the most distinctive cathedrals in the United States [ according to whom? The current building opened in as the fourth cathedral of the archdiocese to bear this name. It is the third-largest Catholic cathedral and sixth-largest church in the United States. The first church building in what became the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis was a small log chapel built at the urging of Father Lucien Galtier.

The chapel, measuring 25 feet 7.

Old st paul's cathedral construction started

Paul in July , the log chapel became the first cathedral. The second building still proved to be too small for the needs of the diocese, so he started plans for a third cathedral in Construction of the building, at the corner of St. Peter and Sixth Streets in Downtown St. The third cathedral was built of stone, measured feet 53 m long and feet 30 m wide, but had practically no ornamentation in an effort to cut costs.

Thomas Grace was the bishop at the time the cathedral was completed. The building of the current cathedral was instigated by Archbishop John Ireland in The site was formerly occupied by the deteriorating mansion of entrepreneur Norman Kittson. Charles H. Paul, purchased the land and donated it to the archdiocese. Louis , Missouri , and construction began in Masqueray's open design allows visitors unobstructed views of the altar and pulpit.