The Episcopal cathedral was begun in 1892 in the Byzantine-Romanesque style.. In 1911, the plans for the cathedral were altered and a French Gothic style was adopted according to the design of Ralph Adams Cram. In 1941 the entire length of the cathedral was first opened. Interrupted by World War II, work on the cathedral did not resume until 1979, when the diocese established a program to train neighborhood youths in the art of stonecutting.