A house of prayer for all people : a history of Washington National Cathedral / Frederick Quinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn, Frederick.

Contributor:

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)--History.

Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.).

Church history.

History.

Washington (D.C.)--Church history--19th century.

Washington (D.C.).

Washington (D.C.)--Church history--20th century.

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 211 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Morehouse Publishing, [2014]

Contents:

Henry Yates Satterlee, the bishop as builder (1843-1908)

A new diocese, bishop, and cathedral (1895-1908)

Years of gradual growth (1909-1943)

A new era begins (1943-the 1960s)

The cathedral in the 1960s and 1970s

The building is completed, the era of Bishop John T. Walker and Provost Charles A. Perry (1977-1989).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-207) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

ISBN:

9780819229243

0819229245

OCLC:

879603364