PCAD - Cathedral Chapel of Saint Francis-by-the-Sea, Laguna Beach, CA

AKA: Saint Francis Cathedral-by-the-Sea, Laguna Beach, CA; American Catholic Cathedral Chapel of Saint Francis-by-the-Sea, Laguna Beach, CA

Park Avenue
Laguna Beach, CA 92651

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Park Avenue between Catalina Street and Through Street;

It is the smallest cathedral in the world at 1,053 square feet; builders constructed it from debris collected around Long Beach after the 1933 Earthquake there; pews were brought from another church and cut into two to accommodate the narrow nave; the City of Laguna Beach was set to demolish the cathedral in 1993, due to its unreinforced masonry construction; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places;

The cathedral had a $50,000 masonry retrofit in c.1994;

PCAD id: 2232

Publications

Allison, Stanley, "Beach Cathedral Is a Small Wonder", Los Angeles Times, B4, 2004-05-10.

Cathedral Chapel of Saint Francis-by-the-Sea, Laguna Beach, CA (1933)

Publications