WEEKLY SERVICES
Wednesday: Holy Eucharist 12:10pm
WEEKEND SERVICESSunday: 8:30am and 10:30am
Sunday School: 10:30am
CLERGY
The Very Rev. Harry Krauss, III Dean and
The Rev. Dcn. Barbara Mays-Stock (Deacon)
This colonial parish was established in 1722, one of the four original parishes in the state. The church contains antique communion silver, pew boxes, and is the site of many historic grave sites. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is both a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Site.
From the Providence Preservation Society: The Cathedral of St. John is the successor to King's Church, organized in the same location in 1722. The building as it exists today was designed by Providence's Federal-era architect John Holden Greene and built in 1810. In 1929, the building was designated as the official Episcopal seat for the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island and has been known as the Cathedral ever since. The church is constructed in Smithfield stone with brownstone trim and combines Federal forms with Gothic detailing: the end-gable-roof Federal mass is articulated with lancet-arch windows with tracery. A clustered-colonnette-porch introduces the projecting gabled vestibule, which supports a square clock tower and belfry with spiky pinnacles above it. Inside is a low-saucer-dome ceiling nave supported by clustered colonnettes. The church is also home to an 1851 Hook organ. The building has been enlarged and somewhat remodeled, notably in 1855, 1866, 1906, and 1967, but still retains its architectural integrity.
State of the Cathedral: The deteriorated church tower is causing the rotting of wood structural elements as well as cracking and crumbling of the interior plaster walls and the sanctuary ceiling. The building received a new roof after being included on the 2007 Most Endangered Properties List but many windows remain broken or boarded and the building is still in an overall deteriorated state. |