New Cathedral - Table of Contents
EXTERIOR
- St. Joseph's RC New Cathedral - Demolished in 1976
1013 Delaware
Avenue at West Utica, Buffalo, NY
Larry Johnson, 1976 Demolition Photos
See also: The
Oishei
Bell in Forest Lawn - One of the 43-bell
carillon purchased by Bishop Timon
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December
1975 Photos  Gothic Revival "... architectural problems had plagued the church since the opening in 1915. ... The building's north and south gables were reconstructed when the building was only seven years old. ... A 1976 report said that the 4-inch thick marble slabs on the outside of the building were not properly bonded to the underlying brick, and Buffalo's weather made the problem even worse." - Steve Cichon, Torn-Down Tuesday: Demolition of St. Joseph's New Cathedral, 1976 (online July 2024)  Note flying buttresses and vertical pier buttresses The one remaining flying buttress in Buffalo is at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral   Note corbel table at top of photo Blind arcade beneath central stained glass windows  Trefoil and quatrefoil motifs  Finial Trefoil Cinquefoil arch  Marble  Corbel tables Pinnacles    Ogee arch Terra cotta roof  Corbel table  Chapels   Large lancet window with flanking blind arcades   Finials Trefoils Pinnacles Tracery   Three flying buttresses and three vertical pier buttresses  Vertical pier buttresses Lancet windows  Portico |
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1976
Demolition Photos
By
Larry Johnson
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