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19th Century Architecture

Religious Architecture
 

Benjamin Latrobe: Catholic
Cathedral (Basilica of the
Assumption), Baltimore, MD,
1804-18

Benjamin Latrobe: Catholic
Cathedral (Basilica of the
Assumption), Baltimore, MD,
1804-18

Benjamin Latrobe: Catholic
Cathedral (Basilica of the
Assumption), Baltimore, MD,
1804-18

Benjamin Latrobe: Catholic
Cathedral (Basilica of the
Assumption), Baltimore, MD,
1804-18
 
P. Banner: Park Street 
Church, Boston, MA., 1809

C. Bulfinch: Meeting House,
Lancaster, MA., 1815-17.

C. Bulfinch: Meeting House,
Lancaster, MA., 1815-17.

C. Bulfinch: Meeting House,
Lancaster, MA., 1815-17.
 

Gothic Revival Churches


1st Unitarian (North) 
Church, Salem, MA, 1836-37.

G. Brimmer: Trinity Church
(1st), Boston, 1829.

R. Upjohn: Trinity Church,
New York, 1839-46.  284' ht.
tower. From an old postcard.

R. Upjohn: Trinity Church,
New York, 1839-46.  284' ht.
tower

R. Upjohn: Trinity Church,
New York, 1839-46.  284' ht.
tower

R. Upjohn: Trinity Church,
New York, 1839-46.  284' ht.
tower

R. Upjohn: Trinity Church,
New York, 1839-46.  284' ht.
tower

R. Upjohn: Congregational 
Church, Brunswick, ME. From
an old postcard.

J. Renwick: St. Patrick's
Church, NYC, 1858-79; tower
completed 1888.  330' ht.

J. Renwick: St. Patrick's
Church, NYC, 1858-79; tower
completed 1888.  330' ht.

J. Renwick: St. Patrick's
Church, NYC, 1858-79; tower
completed 1888.  330' ht.

J. Renwick: St. Patrick's
Church, NYC, 1858-79; tower
completed 1888.  330' ht.

5th Ave. near
St. Patrick's
Gothic Revival Churches
Comparison: Gothic Architecture in Europe

High Victorian Gothic Churches


Ware and Van Brunt: First 
Church, Boston, 1868

Ware and Van Brunt: First Church, Boston, 1868. Restored by Paul Rudolph, 1971.

Ware and Van Brunt: First Church, Boston, 1868. Restored by Paul Rudolph, 1971.

Ware and Van Brunt: First Church, Boston, 1868. Restored by Paul Rudolph, 1971.

Cummings and Sears: New 
Old South Church, Boston, 1874-75

Cummings and Sears: New Old South  Church, Boston, 1874-75

Cummings and Sears: New Old South  Church, Boston, 1874-75
 

Cummings and Sears: New 
Old South  Church, Boston, 1874-75

Cummings and Sears: New Old South  Church, Boston, 1874-75
The tower of the New Old South Church is 246' high.  It began leaning shortly after construction, eventually leaning over 36" out of plumb.  It was taken down in 1931 and rebuilt in 1940.
 

Richardsonian Romanesque


HH Richardson: Brattle
Square Church, Boston, 1871.

HH Richardson: Brattle Square 
Church, Boston, 1871.
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of the 
Brattle Square Church 
and other religious 
architecture
by H.H. Richardson

 


HH Richardson: Trinity 
Church, Boston, 1872-77

HH Richardson: Trinity 
Church, Boston, 1872-77.
Photograph before porch was completed in the 1890s
by Shepley, Rutan, Coolidge.
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of Trinity Church 
and other religious 
architecture
by H.H. Richardson

Egyptian Revival Cemetary Gates


Jacob Bigelow: Mt. Auburn
Cemetary,
Cambridge, MA,
1831/42. Permanent stone version 1842.

Henry Austin: Grove St.
Cemetary, 
New Haven,
CT, 1844-48
 

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