Cathedral Church of St. Paul
- Year
- 1913
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Springfield, IL
The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul the Apostle is an Episcopal cathedral in Springfield, Illinois, and the seat of the Diocese of Springfield. The present building, completed in 1913, is the third church erected for a parish established in 1835 by Philander Chase, the first Bishop of Illinois.
the building
A parish's third home. The congregation first met without a building of its own, worshipping in local Presbyterian, Methodist, and Christian churches and even in the State Supreme Court Chamber, where Chief Justice Samuel L. Treat, a parish organizer, served as warden for 52 years. Construction on its first dedicated church building began in the summer of 1838.
the style
The 1913 cathedral was built in the Gothic Revival style.
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