St. Patrick's Cathedral
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Title
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Patrick
Agent
James Renwick, Jr. (American architect, 1818-1895)
Location
New York City, New York, United States
5th Ave, New York, NY 10022
40°45'30.6"N 73°58'34.0"W
Date
1858-1878
19th Century
Style Period
Gothic Revival
Nineteenth century
Cultural Context
American
Worktype
cathedral
Material
Tuckahoe marble
brick
wood
slate roof
Technique
wood framing
stonecutting
Subject
architecture and city planning
Catholicism
rose window
pointed arches
archivolt
pinnacle
finial
inner city
Description
partial view
exterior view
east view
A decorated Neo-Gothic style Roman Catholic cathedral which is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, as well as a parish church. Work was begun in 1858 but was halted during the Civil War and resumed in 1865. It can accommodate 2,200 people, and is built of brick clad in marble, quarried in Massachusetts and New York. It takes up a whole city block, between 50th and 51st streets, Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue. At the transepts it is 174 feet wide and 332 feet long. The spires rise 330 feet (100 meters) from street level. The spires were added in 1888. The cathedral was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
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© Michael Peters
© Texas Tech University Libraries
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ID
Peters04429
Source
Michael Peters
Collection
Citation
Renwick, James, Jr, St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1858-1878, New York City, New York, United States, TTU Arch Design Images. Image Source: Michael Peters. https://archimage.lib.ttu.edu/items/show/14450.
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