Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral

Protestant Episcopal Church of the Saviour
(now Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral)
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, May 2010
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral is located in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral is located in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral is located in the United States
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral
Location19 S. 38th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates39°57′20″N 75°11′54″W / 39.95556°N 75.19833°W / 39.95556; -75.19833
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1855, 1898, 1902-1906
ArchitectBurns, Charles M. Jr.
Architectural styleRomanesque, Italian Romanesque
Websitehttps://www.philadelphiacathedral.org/
NRHP reference No.79002328[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 01, 1979

Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, located at 38th and Ludlow Streets in West Philadelphia, is the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.

Formerly known as the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Saviour, it was built in 1855, renovated in 1898, and rebuilt in the year 1906, after an April 16, 1902 fire.

In 1992 it became the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral - History Archived 2013-09-29 at the Wayback Machine