Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist
The Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar was the first Roman Catholic cathedral in Charleston, South Carolina. The cathedral followed the first Roman Catholic Church in Charleston, St.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Description: 1st Roman Catholic cathedral in Charleston, South Carolina (1854–1861)
- Also known as: “Cathedral of Saint John and Saint Finbar” and “Saint Finbars Cathedral”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist and Gibbes Museum of Art.
Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist
Church
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The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, located in Charleston, South Carolina. Designed by Brooklyn architect Patrick Keely, the construction of the cathedral started in 1890 to replace a cathedral that burned down in 1861.
Gibbes Museum of Art
Museum
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The Gibbes Museum of Art, formerly known as the Gibbes Art Gallery, is an art museum in Charleston, South Carolina. Established as the Carolina Art Association in 1858, the museum moved into a new Beaux Arts building at 135 Meeting Street, in the Charleston Historic District, in 1905. Gibbes Museum of Art is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.
United States Post Office and Courthouse
Public building
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The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is a historic post office and courthouse located at Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina. The building and its annexes serve the federal court for the Charleston Division of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. United States Post Office and Courthouse is situated 980 feet east of Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include French Quarter and Ansonborough.
French Quarter
Quarter
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The French Quarter is a historic district and a section of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ansonborough
Quarter
Ansonborough is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.
Charleston
Charleston is the largest and oldest city in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.
Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist
- Categories: cathedral and religion
- Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه القديس يوحنا وسانت فينبار”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Lama Charleston”
- Spanish: “Catedral de San Juan y San Finbar”
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