St. Peter's And St. Paul's Cathedral

Sold

Stock #: 69127
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
County: Philadelphia
Publisher: Lynn H. Boyer, Jr
Postmark: 1951
PM City: Houston
PM State: TX
Stamp: 1C
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Purchase Scan Comments & Reviews Send
Additional Details:
The Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul is located on 18th St. between Race and Vine Sts. It is a splendid building surmounted by a hue dome 51 feet in diameter and 156 feet above the pavement. The interior is cruciform and designed in elaborate Roman-Corinthian Style. The corner stone was laid September 6, 1848 and the first services held on Easter Sunday, 1863. The Cathedral was dedicated November 20, 1864.

Post a public comment, question or review: