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Eighty Years of St John Cathedral Parish Life
The article marks eighty years of St John Cathedral, tracing its origin from the 1837 Easter service led by Bishop Philander Chase, its early parish organization at Jesse Avise's home, and the first church on North Sixth Street. It chronicles successive rectors, building expansions, major gifts, and the evolution of the diocese, highlighting architectural artworks by Ralph Adams Cram and Tiffany windows, and noting current leadership and active guilds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean W. QC
Cone
Jesse Avise
Jesse
John Avise
Isaac Davis
Francis C. Moore
E. A. Strong
S. C. Shenmvian
Eben Moore
A. DeHaven
S. Touzalin
North Sixth Street
Binkert Brothers
John Seftwood
G. A. Milter
Isaac Woodruff
W. Lindsay
Peter Lott
DG. Whitney
Hlinois
Chicago
Jack
Ilinois
St. John’s
Quincy
Alexander Burgess
Springfield
Mass
Burgess
Frederick Taylor
Tle
Fawcett
St. Bartholomew’s Church
Rede
Ralph Adams Cram
Boston
Newcomb
R. F. Newcomb
Canon Austin
Dean Bede
St. Andrews Brotherhood
Dean Lewis
H. A. Williamson
Munich
W. O. Cone
Tiffany
Williamson
Fairchild
Lovewell
Diggie
Diggle
Naster
Wort Spencer Johnson
St. John’s Guild
Joseph W. Emery
Grunld
Woman's Auxiliary
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