| 1843/00/00 |
Ithiel Town |
Architect |
The Leake and Watts Orphanage opens at 112th St and Amsterdam Ave. A significant Greek Revival building designed by Ithiel Town, it still stands on the grounds of the current Cathedral of St John the Divine. |
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| 1892/12/27 |
Heins and LaFarge |
Architect |
Bishop Potter lays the cornerstone on St John's Day, December 27. |
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| 1892/12/27 |
Rev Henry Codman Potter |
Vocation |
Bishop Potter lays the cornerstone on St John's Day, December 27. |
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| 1900/00/00 |
Jones Brothers Granite |
Quarry men |
Jones Brothers cut massive granite columns for St John the Divine. The hauling 16 pieces of granite, 38 ft long and 6 ft in dia, as well as 8 pieces measuring 18 ft long and weighing 40 tons and erecting the columns took over a year to complete. |
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| 1909/07/00 |
Rafael Guastavino Jr |
Architect |
Guastavino tile dome is installed as a temporary roof over the crossing of Saint John the Divine, completed in 15 weeks during the summer of 1909 |
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| 1911/00/00 |
Ralph Adams Cram |
Architect |
Ralph A Cram is appointed Consulting Architect of the Cathedral of St John the Divine, NY. |
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| 1913/00/00 |
Ralph Adams Cram |
Architect |
Ralph Cram accepts a commission from the trustees of the Cathedral of St John the Divine to become cathedral architect. Cram proposes a radical transformation of the partially built cathedral from Romanesque-Byzantine to a English Gothic style. |
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| 1913/00/00 |
Cram and Ferguson |
Architect |
Cathedral House (1914), Ogilvie House (1913, Donated by Helen S Ogilvie in memory of her husband, John Clinton Ogilvie, painter) and Synod House (1913) are built |
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| 1916/00/00 |
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Construction of the Cathedral of St John the Divine comes to a halt as World War I rages in Europe. |
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| 1920/03/00 |
Ralph Adams Cram |
Architect |
St John the Divine's board of trustees passes a resolution to proceed with construction of the nave in a style designed by architect Ralph Cram. It will be the heroic Gothic cathedral of his dreams. |
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| 1931/11/00 |
William Woodward of Belair Stud |
Benefactor |
William Woodward donates $80,000 for the 40-foot diameter Great West Rose Window at the Cathedral of St John the Divine. |
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| 1932/00/00 |
Charles J Connick |
Artisan |
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine's Rose Window by Charles Connick is installed. |
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| 1974/05/27 |
Duke Ellington |
In Memoriam |
Duke Ellington's funeral is held at Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. |
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