| St. John's Cathedral 256 East Church Street |
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The Great Hall
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| Denomination | Episcopal |
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| Website | St. John’s Cathedral, Jacksonville website |
| History | |
| Dedication | St. John |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Florida The Rt. Rev. Samuel Johnson Howard, Bishop |
| Province | IV |
| Clergy | |
| Dean | The Very Rev. Kate Moorehead |
| Laity | |
| Organist(s) | Timothy Tuller |
| Churchwarden(s) | Susan Corey |
St. John's Cathedral is one of the oldest churches in Jacksonville, Florida and became the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Florida in 1951.[1]
The congregation was founded in 1834 as St. John's Parish and is one of the seven original parishes when the Diocese of Florida was received into union with the General Convention in 1838.
According to the cornerstone for the present Cathedral, the first St. Johns Church was built in 1842 and burned in 1862 during the Civil War. In the early 1870s, Edward T. Potter designed a new St. Johns and initial construction began in 1873. The church was completed and dedicated in 1877. In 1902 a new church building had to be designed by design firm Snelling and Potter when the original structure burned in the Great Fire of 1901. St. John's Cathedral was completed and consecrated in 1906.[2]
St. John's is the only cathedral in Jacksonville.[3] Inside the building is cavernous; built in the Gothic Revival architectural style, stained-glass windows line the walls. In 1983, Advent Glass Works restored and/or repaired all stained glass in the Cathedral, the Cloister and the Cummings Chapel.[4]
The St. Johns Cathedral School is sponsored by the Cathedral and Diocese and includes infants to Pre-K 4. They also receive funding from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.[5]
Clara's at the Cathedral Café is a cooperative project between the Cathedral and the School of Culinary Arts at the Clara White Mission. Every Friday since April 13, 2007, a luncheon has been prepared by the students and staff from the Mission's culinary school. The meal is very reasonably priced and attracts workers from downtown businesses and retirees.[6]