MPS Eau Claire MRA Opened 1910 Added to NRHP 28 January 1983 | Built 1909-1910 NRHP Reference # 83003377 Phone +1 715-835-3734 | |
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Address 510 S Farwell St # 2, Eau Claire, WI 54701, USA Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Sacred Heart St Patrick P, Episcopal Diocese Claire, Newman - the Roman Catholic, Immaculate Conception Parish, St James The Greater C Profiles | ||
Christ Church Cathedral, built in 1916 to replace the earlier 1874 building, is the Episcopal cathedral in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It is the mother church for the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire, the see of which is located in Eau Claire. The cathedral and parish house were added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1982.
The chancel and the parish house were designed by Minnesota architects Purcell, Feick and Elmslie in 1909. The nave of the church was designed by Purcell and Elmslie six years later. Their designs reflect reflect their "use of English antecedents."
The cathedral has stained glass windows that a church pamphlet describes as 'among some of the finest in the country in richness and ecclesiastical style'. Six windows were designed by Heaton, Butler, and Bayne of London; others were supplied by Wippell Company of Exeter, England.
The parish house is a two-and-a-half-story stone and stucco building.
Also designed by Purcell and Elmslie is the Community House, First Congregational Church, also in Eau Claire, also listed on the National Register (in 1974).