PCAD - Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Downtown, Sacramento, CA

Structure Type: built works - religious structures - cathedrals; built works - religious structures - churches

Exterior view of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Sacramento, 2008; from Wikimedia Commons, photo by Matthew Hendricks

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1017 11th Street
Downtown, Sacramento, CA

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Building History

Measuring 200 feet long ,100 wide and capable of seating 1,400, Sacramento's Roman Catholic Cathedral was the largest west of the Mississippi River when it opened 06/12/1889.

Alterations

The church decided to close off its transept dome to improve acoustics in the 1930s. Former State of CA Architect Harry Clay Hallenbeck supervised a renovation, completed between 08/2003 until 11/2005. Hallenbeck served as Project Director of the restoration work for Vanir Construction Management, Incoporated. The church had its formal reopening on 11/ 20/2005. (See "The Story of a Landmark," accessed 03/31/2015.)

PCAD id: 19529

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Downtown, Sacramento, CA (1887-1889)