Cathedral in Washington DC photo copyrighted by: Brian McMorrow In 1893 the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia was granted a charter from the United States Congress to establish the cathedral. A commanding site on Mount Saint Albans was chosen and Frederick Bodley, England's leading Anglican church architect, was appointed the head architect.The Pilgrim
Observation Gallery was completed and opened to the
public in 1982. In 1983 the final phase of construction
began with the setting of the first stone for the west
towers.
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