St. John's Cathedral
- Year
- 1925
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
St. John's Cathedral serves as both a parish church and the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, a diocese covering five and a half counties. The congregation was founded in 1890, first worshipping in a small neo-Gothic brick church consecrated in 1894 that seated only 150 people; the present Romanesque Revival cathedral replaced it in 1925. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
the building
The first church. The congregation's original 1894 building was a modest neo-Gothic structure of brick with stone facings, sized to seat just 150 people. It was deliberately placed on its lot to leave room for a larger church to rise later — which is exactly what happened when the current cathedral went up in 1925.
the style
The 1925 cathedral was built in the heavier, round-arched Romanesque Revival style, replacing the diocese's original small neo-Gothic church of 1894.
More on Romanesque Revivalsignificance
St. John's Cathedral carries a dual landmark status: it is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
nearby
- Stimson House
- Kerckhoff House
- Egg Company Building II
- Casa de Rosas
- Shrine Auditorium
- Forthmann House