St. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral National Historic Site
of Canada St. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral Cathédrale
anglicane St. John the Baptist Links and documents 1847/01/01 to
1850/01/01 Listed on the Canadian Register: Statement of
Significance Description of Historic Place St. John the Baptist
Anglican Cathedral National Historic Site of Canada is an
austerely magnificent stone cathedral built in the Gothic
Revival style. It is located on a hillside overlooking the
harbour of St. John’s in a mixed commercial and residential
neighbourhood of late-19th-century buildings. The formal
recognition consists of the building on its legal property. St.
John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral was designated as a national
historic site of Canada in 1979 because: - it is a nationally
significant example of the Gothic Revival Style; - its
historical correctness and structural rationalism express the
ideals of the Cambridge Camden Society. Construction of the
original St. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral, for