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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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.
1892/12/27 Heins and LaFarge Architect Bishop Potter lays the cornerstone on St John's Day, December 27.
1892/12/27 Rev Henry Codman Potter Vocation Bishop Potter lays the cornerstone on St John's Day, December 27.
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.
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
1911/00/00 Ralph Adams Cram Architect Ralph A Cram is appointed Consulting Architect of the Cathedral of St John the Divine, NY.
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.
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
1916/00/00 Construction of the Cathedral of St John the Divine comes to a halt as World War I rages in Europe.
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.
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.
1932/00/00 Charles J Connick Artisan Cathedral of Saint John the Divine's Rose Window by Charles Connick is installed.
1974/05/27 Duke Ellington In Memoriam Duke Ellington's funeral is held at Cathedral of Saint John the Divine.

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Particulars for Cathedral of Saint John the Divine:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Exemplar
Geology Granite
Owner Private
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property
Building Attribute Stained Glass




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