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File Details: ARXQm, 800 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 12.5 Mb
| Credit: | by Barnard (George N.) |
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| Date: | 1865.04 |
| Negative Size: | stereo |
| Locations & Lines: | Charleston SC; South Carolina |
| Structures & Establishments: | Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar (Charleston SC) |
| Sources: | Library of Congress |
No. 6. Ruins of St. Finbar’s Cathedral – Charleston, S.C. These ruins can be seen at the corner of Broad and Friend streets. It fell a prey to the terrible conflagration of December, 1861. The corner-stone was laid in August, 1852, and it was dedicated in April, 1854. It occupies the site of the old St. Finbar’s, a wooden building. The height of the St. Finbar’s, the ruins of which are presented in this picture, was, to the top of the cross (which of itself was ten feet, with an arm of six feet) 2184 feet. The exterior dimensions were–from front to rear of vestry, 194 feet ; height to battlements of aisle walls, 43 feet ; height to roof ridge of the nave 77 feet ; height of stone tower, 121 feet ; width, 73 feet. The material used in its construction was brown free stone. The building cost, when completed, $106,000. Efforts have been made since the close of the late war to rebuild this noble structure, but so far they have been unsuccessful. [S. T. Souder stereo card]
