Cathedral Church of St Paul
- Also Known As: St Paul's Church
- Address: 136 Tremont St
- Neighborhood of Downtown Crossing, Boston in Boston
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1819/00/00 | Alexander Parris | Architect | Alexander Parris and Solomon Willard are commissioned by the vestry of the St Paul's parish to construct a Grecian temple that will contrast with Boston's existing churches, which are in the Georgian, Federal-Adameque and Gothic Revival styles. | |||
1820/00/00 | Solomon Willard | Architect | Constructed of Acquia Creek sandstone from Virginia, the capitals of the Ionic portico are carved by Solomon Willard. | |||
1820/00/00 | Daniel Webster | Building Committee Member | St Paul's Church is completed in Quincy granite. The cost of construction was double the original estimate. The parish will labor under a heavy burden of debt for a number of years due to the sale of pews progressing more slowly than anticipated. | |||
1820/00/00 | William Sumner Appleton Sr | Building Committee Member | St Paul's Church is completed in Quincy granite. The cost of construction was double the original estimate. The parish will labor under a heavy burden of debt for a number of years due to the sale of pews progressing more slowly than anticipated. | |||
1820/00/00 | David Sears | Building Committee Member | St Paul's Church is completed in Quincy granite. The cost of construction was double the original estimate. The parish will labor under a heavy burden of debt for a number of years due to the sale of pews progressing more slowly than anticipated. | |||
1820/06/30 | Bishop Alexander Viets Griswold | Vocation | Bishop Alexander Griswold leads the consecration of St Paul's Church in Boston, Massachusetts. | |||
1912/10/00 | Ralph Adams Cram | Architect | St Paul's is dedicated as the Episcopal Cathedral Church for the Boston Diocese. Chancel was remodeled with a coffered and gilded half-dome, elaborately carved wood reredos, a chancel organ and choir benches. | |||
1912/10/07 | The church is dedicated to the service of the Episcopal diocese as the Cathedral Church of St Paul. | |||||
2013/05/08 | "Ship of Pearl", a cross-section of a chambered nautilus by artist Donald Lipski installed in the pediment of St Paul's Church, is lit. | |||||
2013/06/09 | Members of St John the Evangelist, Bowdoin St, Boston and members of the Cathedral Church of St Paul vote to merge the two congregations. |
Particulars for Cathedral Church of St Paul: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
Level of Significance | National |
Owner | Private |
Material | Quincy Granite |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
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