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Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains

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Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains
Author: Walter, William,architect ; Walter, Henry, active 1800s (architect) ; Meyer, Elizabeth
Subjects: acanthus ; central business districts ; Cincinnati (Ohio) ; Corinthian order ; pediments ; porticoes
Description: St. Peter in Chains Cathedral has served as the seat for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati since its construction in 1841, with the exception of a brief period in the mid-19th century (1938-1957). The design of the building stemmed from the European travels of Archbishop John B. Purcell (1800-1883). Purcell was particularly drawn to Dublin's St. George and London's St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Stylistic elements from these two buildings certainly found their way in the plans of Henry Walter. The cathedral's main walls and columns are of Dayton marble and its foundation of blue sandstone. The original building consisted of a Greek Temple plan slightly smaller in scale than the Parthenon. The Corinthian columns on the hexastyle portico lack bases. Their capitals are comprised of delicate acanthus leaves derived from the capitals on the Tower of the Winds in Athens. The tower was modeled after those of Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) and James Gibbs' (1682-1754) tower on St. Mart Part of: Architecture in Greater Cincinnati -- University of Cincinnati
Creation Date: 1841
Language: English
Source: Open Shared Collection

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