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St. Paul Cathedral (Pittsburgh)

Field	Value
name	Saint Paul Cathedral
image	Saint Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh as seen from Fifth Avenue in 2016.jpg
pushpin map	USA Pennsylvania#USA
pushpin label position	none
coordinates
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location	108 N. Dithridge St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
country	United States
denomination	Catholic
capacity	2,600
website
founded date	1834
architect	Egan and Prindeville
style	Gothic Revival
completed date	1906
construction cost	US$1.1 million (1906) or US$32,129,585.35 (2020)
width nave
height	247 ft
diameter
floor area
dome height inner
dome dia outer
dome dia inner
spire quantity	Two
materials	Limestone
bell weight
diocese	Pittsburgh
bishop	Most Rev. Mark Eckman
rector	Very Rev. Kris D. Stubna, STD
embed	yes
nrhp_type	cp
nocat	yes
partof	Schenley Farms Historic District
partof_refnum	83002213
added	July 22, 1983
designated_other1_name	Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark
designated_other1_date	1975
designated_other1	PHLF

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Saint Paul Cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. St. Paul parish was established in 1833.

History

The original St. Paul Church was dedicated in 1833. When the diocese was established in 1843 St. Paul Church was chosen as the cathedral. It burnt down in 1851, but was replaced with a larger building in 1855. The first two St. Paul Cathedrals were located on Grant Street downtown. As the downtown area was claimed by industries, the residential areas shifted to other areas of the city. St. Paul's property was sold to the industrialist Henry Clay Frick.

The present Gothic Revival structure was designed by Egan and Prindeville of Chicago and completed in 1906. They used Cologne Cathedral as their inspiration. It became a contributing property in the Schenley Farms Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Andrew Carnegie provided the cathedral's first pipe organ, originally a circa 1895 W. W. Kimball, which served into the 1950s. Under organist and choirmaster Paul Koch's leadership, the cathedral contracted with Aeolian-Skinner to build a new large four-manual organ. This contract fell through upon the death of Aeolian-Skinner's president G. Donald Harrison, and after a tour of European organ manufacturers Koch selected Beckerath to manufacture the cathedral's new organ. Named "one of the monument organs of the continent", it was completed in 1962, and has undergone several major refurbishment projects since.

Gallery

File:Interior of Saint Paul Cathedral - Pittsburgh 01.jpg|Cathedral interior File:Interior of Saint Paul Cathedral - Pittsburgh 02.jpg|Pipe organ File:Interior of Saint Paul Cathedral - Pittsburgh 03.jpg|Altar and reredos File:Interior of Saint Paul Cathedral - Pittsburgh 06.jpg|Cathedra File:Interior of Saint Paul Cathedral - Pittsburgh 05.jpg|Ambo

References

{{NRISref
(2010). "Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009". Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation.
[https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:PSS20.B001.F36.I01 "Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Cathedral", Historic Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh]
(2010). "Buildings of Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania". [[University of Virginia Press]].
"Building History". Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.
"Cathedral Organ & Specifications".
(January 1, 1956). "St. Paul's Pittsburgh to have Large Organ". [[The Diapason]].

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