Above her, the verdant cathedral began to sag and close in.
Dean J. Wilmer Gresham nurtured the young cathedral and work began on the present structure in 1928.
The cathedral, which can accommodate up to 3,000 visitors, has only recently begun to be restored to its pre-Revolutionary splendor after years of neglect.
The cathedral began to grow again.
The land on Bathurst was purchased in 1935 and work on the cathedral began in 1946 and it was completed two years later.
All three cathedrals began their lives as parish churches.
The current cathedral was begun in 1729 with main façade finished in 1745 but not opened to worship until 1752.
Almost as soon as it opened, the cathedral began a campaign against the city's political machine, Tammany Hall.
The bus stopped at St. Barbara's, a Gothic cathedral begun in 1388 that, aside from some beautiful murals, is spare inside.
The cathedral began in the Romanesque style and was consecrated in 1131.