Cathedral of the Sacred Heart is said to be the world’s only cathedral financed by a single donation – that of industrialist Thomas Fortune Ryan and wife Ida Barry Ryan. Ryan family members are interred alongside Richmond bishops in the crypt below the cathedral’s altar.
Together with the Bishop’s Residence, Priest’s House and supporting structures, the Cathedral occupies an entire triangular-shaped block facing Monroe Park.
- Name: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
- Location: 823 Cathedral Place
- Year Completed: 1905
- Architect: Joseph Hubert McGuire
- Style: Renaissance Revival
- Wikipedia: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
- Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
- National Register of Historic Places: Registration Form
- Architecture Richmond: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
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Cathedral of the Sacred Heart occupies an entire triangular-shaped block facing Monroe Park.
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Cathedral of the Sacred Heart occupies an entire triangular-shaped block facing Monroe Park.
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Cathedral of the Sacred Heart occupies an entire triangular-shaped block facing Monroe Park.
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Cathedral of the Sacred Heart occupies an entire triangular-shaped block facing Monroe Park.
All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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