Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist

The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, located in . Designed by Brooklyn architect Patrick Keely, the construction of the cathedral started in 1890 to replace a cathedral that burned down in 1861.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: Historic cathedral church in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Also known as: “Cathedral of St. John the Baptist”
  • Address: 120 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401
  • Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include John Rutledge House and Blake Tenements.

Hotel
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The Governor is a historic house at 116 Broad Street in . Completed in 1763 by an unknown architect, it was the home of Founding Father John Rutledge, a Governor of South Carolina and a signer of the United States Constitution.

Public building
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The were built between 1760 and 1772 by Daniel Blake, a planter from Newington Plantation on the Ashley River. The building was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. is situated 900 feet east of Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.

Museum
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The , formerly known as the Gibbes Art Gallery, is an art museum in . 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. is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include French Quarter and Ansonborough.

Quarter
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The is a historic district and a section of downtown , , , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in . 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.

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is the largest and oldest city in the state of 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

Latitude
32.77652° or 32° 46′ 36″ north
Longitude
-79.93447° or 79° 56′ 4″ west
Inception
1890
Levels
3
Height
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
8742Q3G8+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 313434245
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Wiki­data ID
Q4501931
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