Postcard of the "New Cathedral. Minneapolis. Minn," the Pro-Cathedral of Saint Mary. Building has a round dome, a design ultimately changed by architect Emmanuel Masqueray. Church is shown surrounded by trees and parkland.
Book containing announcements made at Sunday Mass, including marriage banns, deaths, parish activities, entertainments and news. Initial fundraising and groundbreaking for the new Pro Cathedral is documented.
Book containing announcements made at Sunday mass, including marriage banns, deaths, parish activities and news. Documents laying of the cornerstone for the Pro-Cathedral (later Basilica) of St. Mary in 1908. Also includes list of parish library holdings.
View over excavation site of choir procession down into site for the laying of the cornerstone of the Pro-Cathedral of Saint Mary. Crowds watch from around edges of the hole. Current accounts note some 20,000 attended the event and preceding parade.
Book containing announcements made at Sunday Mass, including marriage banns, deaths, parish activities, entertainments and news. Progress of the new Pro Cathedral building is documented.
Book containing announcements made at Sunday mass, including marriage banns, deaths, parish and civic activities. Documents first two years in the new Pro-Cathedral church. Includes some baptism records.
Interior view of the sanctuary and nave of the Pro-Cathedral, taken before the interior was finished. (Completion of the interior was put on hold due to WWI). Walls are unfaced stone, windows have clear glass. Temporary altar is decorated with small pine trees.
Sheet no. 3. Cross section detail view of unidentified altar. Notes: Use of B. C. Altissimo marble, stucco, dome design. Statue of B. P. quality statuary marble.
Sheet no. 2. Notes: Riser, altar B. C. altissimo marble; Treads and marble. Archway labeled ""not in contract." Initialed by E. H. L. (Edwin H. Lundie), stamped E. L. Masqueray, architect.
Image 2 of 2. Father Thomas Cullen, seated, poses with the Pro-Cathedral Choir on the front steps of the Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary, Minneapolis. Easter Sunday. Mary Jane Mulhein and her parents stand in the front row, far left.
Building 2, sheet no. 332. Various section plans: Window, Elevation of window, cap on pier. Stamped E. L. Masqueray, Architect: Slifer, Lundie and Abrahamson, Successors.
Building no. 2, Sheet no. 2. Stamped Slifer, Lundie & Abrahamson, Successors to E. L. Masqueray. 1/2 elevations and measurements, half plan, doors on axis ""Q"" and axis ""O"" Note references removal of present wooden steps.
Bldg. no. 2, Sheet No. X. Detail of inlayed cross, with stippled finish, low relief lily on either side of base of cross. Florets at corners of inlay. Note: Finish to be dull statuary bronze with highlights polished.
Sheet #222. Coachlamp style hanging lamp, located in sacristy and aisles of church (in a slightly simplified design)"""Aurine"" glass bowl manufactured by Steuben Glass Works, Corning, NY.