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Essential
Architecture- the North
East Baltimore Cathedral / Cathedral
of the Assumption |
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architect
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Benjamin Henry Latrobe |
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location
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Baltimore, MD |
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date
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1804-18 (R: 1804-21) (W: 1814-18) |
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style
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Federal |
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construction
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Stone |
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type
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Church |
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general view (U. Penn. slide coll.: gift
of G. B. Tatum, 1966) and general view from southwest, photograph ca. 1902,
W.H. Jackson, Detroit Publishing Co. (no. 014266), Library of Congress. |
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plan, from Fiske Kimball, "Latrobe's
Designs for the Cathedral of Baltimore" Architectural Record, vol. 43 (June
1918) and south flank, photo 1982, M. Brack. |
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southwest cupola, from roof, photo 1995,
J. Cohen and Interior dome, Photo 97, M. Clausen. |
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section, from Fiske Kimball, "Latrobe's
Designs for the Cathedral of Baltimore" Architectural Record, vol. 43 (June
1918). |
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Special thanks to the Society of Architectural
Historians
for some of the images on this page (copyright SAH). |
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www.essential-architecture.com
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