[Sca-cooks] Cathedral building times

[Carol Eskesen Smith]

And the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, in New York City, was begun in the late 1800's and is still being built today, serving as a training ground for new stonemasons from the surrounding neighborhood.

Regards,
Brekke
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: johnna holloway 
  To: Cooks within the SCA 
  Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 9:09 AM
  Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Cathedral building times


  Regarding The National Cathedral in DC--
  On January 6, 1893, Congress granted the charter to the Protestant 
  Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia. ....
  On September 29, 1907, the foundation stone was laid. President Theodore 
  Roosevelt and the Bishop of London spoke.  With the laying of the 
  cathedral foundation stone, the grassy, tree — shaded Close became home 
  to the longest — running construction site in the nation's capital.
  In 1983 the final phase of construction began with the setting of the 
  first stone for the west towers.

  The completion of the west towers in September 1990 marked the end of 
  eighty-three years of construction.

  http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/discover/history.shtml

  Johnnae



  Stefan li Rous wrote:
    For a modern example, look at the national cathedral in Washington DC. I
  > seem to remember that it's construction has been going on for longer 
  > than 20 or 30 years. And that is with modern construction machines.
  > 
  > Cooking is generally much faster. :-)
  > 
  > Stefan


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