The historic Christ Church Cathedral in
Louisville, Kentucky
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was founded on May 31, 1822. The original church building was completed in 1824, a new
Romanesque Revival
Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...
facade was added in 1870. The structure was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1973.
[
Christ Church became the ]Cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...
of the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky
The Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the western half of the state of Kentucky.
History
The first verifiable religious services in Kentucky were held on May 28, 1 ...
in May 1894.
The original Christ Church building, built in 1824, was "considered a marvel of architectural beauty for its time. Most of it stands as the oldest church building in Louisville. It is presently the principal part of the Nave of the enlarged Christ Church Cathedral."[ With .]
See also
*List of the Episcopal cathedrals of the United States
The following is a list of the Episcopal Church cathedrals in the United States and its territories. The dioceses are grouped into nine provinces, the first eight of which, for the most part, correspond to regions of the United States. Province ...
*List of cathedrals in the United States
This is a list of cathedrals in the United States, including both actual cathedrals (seats of bishops in episcopal Christian groups, such as Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy and the Armenian Apostolic Church) and a few prominent church ...
References
External links
Parish Web Site, Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Churches completed in 1824
Churches in Louisville, Kentucky
Episcopal cathedrals in Kentucky
19th-century buildings and structures in Louisville, Kentucky
Local landmarks in Louisville, Kentucky
National Register of Historic Places in Louisville, Kentucky
Federal architecture in Kentucky
Victorian architecture in Kentucky
19th-century Episcopal church buildings
1824 establishments in Kentucky
Romanesque Revival architecture in Kentucky
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