Record #:

15355

Author(s):

Tucker, Harry Z.

Abstract:

A group of Benedictine monks from St. Vincent's Abbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, moved to Belmont in 1876. On October 18, 1886, they began building St. Mary's College and in 1892, construction started on the cathedral. In was dedicated two years later by Cardinal Gibbons and by order of Pope Pius X, became the first Cathedral Abbey in America. It stands as an example of Gothic architecture built of brick with granite trim.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 5 Issue 49, May 1938, p1, 26, il

Subject(s):

Belmont Abbey