St. Joseph's RC New Cathedral
1013 Delaware Avenue at West Utica, Buffalo, NY

Larry Johnson, 1976 Demolition Photos

Spires Pulpit Stained glass windows Stations of the Cross Compound arches Pulpit at left Sarcophagus in which lies the body of Bishop Colton - Gospel side of High Altar (rear) - later moved to Saint Joseph's RC (Old) Cathedral on Franklin Street

1975 Photos        Gothic Revival                           "... architectural problems had plagued the church since the opening in 1915.  ... The building's north and south gables were reconstructed when the building was only seven years old. ...  A 1976 report said that the 4-inch thick marble slabs on the outside of the building were  not properly bonded to the underlying brick, and Buffalo's weather made the problem even worse." - Steve Cichon, Torn-Down Tuesday: Demolition of St. Joseph's New Cathedral, 1976 (online July 2024) Note flying buttresses  and vertical pier buttresses                   The one remaining flying buttress in Buffalo is at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral Note corbel table at top of photo                           Blind arcade beneath central stained glass windows Trefoil and quatrefoil motifs Finial             Trefoil         Cinquefoil arch Marble Corbel tables                         Pinnacles Ogee arch                            Terra cotta roof Corbel table Chapels Large lancet window with flanking blind arcades Finials                         Trefoils                     Pinnacles             Tracery Three flying buttresses  and three vertical pier buttresses Vertical pier buttresses                Lancet windows Portico

1976 Demolition Photos

Photographs © 1975 Victor Shanchuk
Photographs © 1976 Larry Johnson
Page by Chuck LaChiusa
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