Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton
Christ's Church Cathedral, the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara was built in 1835, it is the oldest extant Anglican cathedral in anglophone Canada. The building has an unusual construction history. Originally a stuccoed wooden Palladian-Baroque structure designed by Robert Charles Wetherall, it was incrementally transformed into stone Decorated Gothic, initially to an 1848 design by William Thomas, with Thomas鈥檚 chancel and the first two bays of his nave being added to Wetherall's existing wooden church, the resulting hybrid being dubbed 鈥渢he humpback church.鈥�
The stone gothic nave was completed to a further design by Henry Langley in 1876, the original wooden portion having been demolished in 1872 to clear room for it and, inter alia, the chancel extended in 1924鈥�25. Meanwhile, Thomas, in a state of indignation over the perverse use to which the Anglicans had put his design, took it to the Presbyterians, who built the still-standing Saint Paul鈥檚 Church to Thomas鈥檚 plan for Christ鈥檚 Church. Christ's Church has ornately carved west doors and fine stained glass windows.
The stone gothic nave was completed to a further design by Henry Langley in 1876, the original wooden portion having been demolished in 1872 to clear room for it and, inter alia, the chancel extended in 1924鈥�25. Meanwhile, Thomas, in a state of indignation over the perverse use to which the Anglicans had put his design, took it to the Presbyterians, who built the still-standing Saint Paul鈥檚 Church to Thomas鈥檚 plan for Christ鈥檚 Church. Christ's Church has ornately carved west doors and fine stained glass windows.
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Sight Name: Christ Church Cathedral
Sight Location: Hamilton, Canada (See walking tours in Hamilton)
Sight Type: Religious
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