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photo: Carol M. Highsmith
The architecture firm of Heins & La Farge won the original design competition for the cathedral in the 1880s with a Romanesque design. After George Heins died in 1907, Ralph Adams Cram took over responsibility for the cathedral’s construction and changed the design to a Gothic one. Many architects have been employed on the project since Cram’s death in 1942, but the scheme is still largely his. The cathedral to this point is only two-thirds complete.
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Comments (5)
Lovingly referred to by the Episcopal cognoscenti as 'St John the Unfinished.'
beautiful stonework, sensuous acoustics.
Posted by David M | February 9, 2007 9:02 AM
Posted on February 9, 2007 09:02
I went to school here as a child. St. John's stained glass, columns, and cavernous yet cozy interior all make me feel nostalgic when I see it. Easily one of the most beautiful structures in America, and one of my personal top 5 most beautiful buildings in the world (that I've seen in person).
Posted by Redmond R. | February 9, 2007 2:13 PM
Posted on February 9, 2007 14:13
Years ago I took my youngest son to St. John's. We were tourists from Maryland. For the New Year's Day mass some of the congregation was seated in the choir stalls. As we sat there looking about the huge cathedral my son exclaimed in astonishment that the stalls were longer than the small chapel we regularly attend at home.
Posted by Robert B. | February 11, 2007 4:02 PM
Posted on February 11, 2007 16:02
The only building that I've ever been in that was so tall I couldn't see the ceiling. Granted the lights don't aim up in there, but still, that's quite the feat.
Posted by Craig Johnson | March 16, 2007 4:03 PM
Posted on March 16, 2007 16:03
In 1991 or so, I attended a "cabaret" fund-raiser in the Parish House next door to the main building. It's not every day one gets to see Patricia Neal doing "Send in the Clowns" or Eartha Kitt doing "Santa Baby" while seated on the lap of the Episcopal Bishop of New York.
Posted by Steven F. | March 24, 2007 8:03 PM
Posted on March 24, 2007 20:03