St. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral

Begun in 1847 under the direction of Bishop Feild, St. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral was designed by the noted British architect George Gilbert Scott and became an internationally important monument of the Gothic Revival style. Its historical correctness and structural rationalism express the ideals of the Cambridge Camden Society, an English group dedicated to reforming the Anglican Church through a return to 13th century sources. The internal composition of nave and aisles is clearly reflected on the exterior. Scott’s cathedral burned in 1892 and was rebuilt soon after by his son, but the intended tower has never been erected.

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