The Cathedral of St. Paul

The Cathedral of St. Paul was established as St. Paul's Church in 1818 and was the first example of Greek Revival architecture in Boston. In 1846, Alexander Crummel was ordained a deacon here, making him the third African American in the United States to be ordained and the first in Massachusetts. In 1908, in response to a bequest by Mary Sophia and Harriet Sarah Walker, daughters of a Congregational clergyman, the Diocese of Massachusetts established St Paul's as the Cathedral church. It was consecrated on October 7, 1912 by Bishop William Lawrence as a "house of prayer for all people." In December 1985, St. Paul's held the first public AIDS healing service in Boston. Here, on September 24, 1988, Barbara C. Harris was elected the first woman Bishop of the Anglican Communion.

Cambridge, Massachusetts · United States