The current Cathedral was instigated in 1904 by the Archbishop John Ireland. At his direction, the archdiocese commissioned a well known architect (who was the chief architect at the 1904 World Fair in St. Louis Missouri), Emmanuel Louis Masqueray. Construction began in 1906.The open concept of the Cathedral allows the visitors an unobstructed view of the pulpit and the altar.
Masqueray didn't see his design complete, he passed away in 1917.
Construction of the Cathedral was completed in 1958 and in 1974 it was added to the National Registrar of Historical Buildings.
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