St. Joseph's Cathedral - Table of Contents

Rectory - St. Joseph RC Cathedral
AKA St. Joseph's RC Old Cathedral
50 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY

St. Joseph RC Cathedral - Official Website
Visitor Information: (716) 854-5855

Built C. 1860
Originally, the bishop's residence (which the bishop moved out of in 1887).



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Postcard

East Elevation

Parapet atop entrance porch

Bottom: I-190 follows route of the Erie Canal

Detail of previous photo

Rose window (over altar in sanctuary)

Slate mansard roof at far right

Slate gable roof

Copper hip roof

Fish scale-shaped slate mansard roof

Dormers with gable roof

Spire with lucarne windows

Spire (tent roof) with lucarne windows

Spire with trefoils and lucarne windows at bottom

Clocks surrounded by blind arches

Cross moved here from the New Cathedral in a mini park


Special thanks to Rector Msgr. James F. Campbell for his cooperation in 2005

Photos and their arrangement © 2005 Chuck LaChiusa
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