Euclid Avenue and East 22nd Street , Cleveland; built 1901-07, consecrated 1907. English Gothic

Exterior: The exterior of the cathedral is Indiana limestone (Salem Limestone), except for a basal course and some steps of Berea Sandstone. Most of the limestone is set in courses. The adjoining Cathedral Hall complex (1895) is built of Berea Sandstone.

Interior: The narthex flooring is a blue-gray and white marble, possibly Bardiglio marble, with some black, gold, and white marble, possibly Portoro marble. Indiana limestone is used for interior columns and traceries and trim. The flooring of the aisles features insets of other marbles for dedications, including Red Verona marble and Yellow Siena marble. The platform of the baptistery is a breccia, with white clasts in a dark, gray-green matrix. An inlaid circle contains several marbles and limestones, including red limestone, possibly Numidian marble, and white true marble. The baptismal font is white true marble. The pulpit is made of Pavonazzo marble, a white to beige marble with dark purplish streaks, quarried in the Pietrasanto area of Italy. The sanctuary flooring and inlays are fashioned from the same materials as the baptistery. The altar is Pavonazzo marble, with a top slab of Siena marble that includes an inset block of Jerusalem limestone (limestone from the Bi`na Formation). This altar was originally in the Old Trinity Church, which was located on East 6th Street and Superior Avenue

References: Anonymous, no date; Hehr, 1973; Wells, 1990.

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