Affiliation Roman Catholic Completed 1854 Direction of façade South Opened 1854 Architect Patrick Keely | Ecclesiastical or organizational status Cathedral Construction cost $103,000 Height 66 m Capacity 1,200 | |
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Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar St Mary's Roman Catholic, Cathedral of Saint John the, St Mary Help of Christian, St Peter's Roman Catholic, Mepkin Abbey | ||
The Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar was the first Roman Catholic cathedral in Charleston, South Carolina. Begun in 1850 and consecrated on April 6, 1854, it was destroyed on December 11, 1861, in a fire that ravaged much of Charleston. A new cathedral—the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, built on the same site-was started on in 1890. It opened in 1907 and was completed in 2010.
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