St. Patrick’s Cathedral is one of New York’s finest examples of Gothic Revival. With its massive bronze doors, white marble facade, 330-foot spires, the Great Organ, rose window, bronze baldachin and the statue of Pieta at the side of the Lady Chapel, it shows the beauty of Gothic Church.
The land on which the present cathedral stands was purchased in 1810. It contained a “fine old house” which was fitted with a chapel of St. Ignatius. The cathedral, which can accommodate 3,000 people, is built of brick clad in marble, quarried in Massachusetts and New York. The main block of the cathedral is made of Tuckahoe marble. The Gallery Organ is located in the Choir Gallery below the Rose Window over the Fifth Avenue entrance and in the Triforium, near the South Transept. The Chancell Organ is located in the North Ambulatory next to the Chapel of St. Joseph.
The building was erected in 1879 and has been carefully restored and maintained throughout its existence, including a $200-million renovation that was completed in 2016.
St. Patrick's Cathedral
