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Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York City, New York, USA, 1916.
Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York City, New York, USA, 1916. Vintage postcard showing a bird's eye view of the exterior of the cathedral and surrounding grounds. St John the Divine is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Its construction began in 1892 but remains unfinished at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Consequently the cathedral was gained the nicknames 'St John the Unfinished' and 'The White Elephant of the Upper West Side'. It is claimed to be the largest Anglican cathedral in the world, a title challenged by Liverpool Cathedral. The building was originally conceived as Byzantine-Romanesque in style, but was changed to a Gothic design after 1909. The cathedral was badly damaged by a fire in 2001 and did not re-open until 2008.
Unique Identifier
AR950719
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Purpose
Public
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4806px × 2946px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1910s
20th century
AMERICA
American
ANGLICAN
Architecture
building
BUILDINGS
Cathedral
Cathedral of St John the Divine
Christian
Christianity
Church
Church of England
CHURCHYARD
color
country
Curt Teich Postcard Archives
éPISCOPAL
Exterior
LOCATION
New York City
new york state
OUTSIDE
Postcard
PROTESTANT
Protestantism
religion
Religious
TGN
Unfinished
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
usa