. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. First Church in Saint Louis, 1770, Second and Walnut. CHURCHES. The old Cathedral (Catholic) is one of thehistoric structures of the City, and a monumentto the pioneer Catholic settlers. It is on Walnutand Second Streets, and marks the spot where wasbuilt the first church, of loes, in Saint Louis in // Father Gibault celebrated the first mass Through Bishop Rosati, the first Bishop ofSaint Louis, and builder of this Cathedral, whowas a class mate of Gregory XAI, this church ob-tained favors which no other church has in theworld, except the Ba
. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. First Church in Saint Louis, 1770, Second and Walnut. CHURCHES. The old Cathedral (Catholic) is one of thehistoric structures of the City, and a monumentto the pioneer Catholic settlers. It is on Walnutand Second Streets, and marks the spot where wasbuilt the first church, of loes, in Saint Louis in // Father Gibault celebrated the first mass Through Bishop Rosati, the first Bishop ofSaint Louis, and builder of this Cathedral, whowas a class mate of Gregory XAI, this church ob-tained favors which no other church has in theworld, except the Basilicas in Rome. One of themost noteworthy favors granted by the Pope, wasan indulgence which is only granted to pilgrimsAisiting the seven Roman Basilicas. By specialindult this indulgence may be gained by visitingthe three altars in the Saint Louis Cathedral,though no other church or Cathedral is so pri-vileged. In striking contrast to the first home of logs, SAINT LOUIS 101. Old Cathedral, Second and Walnut, Still Standing. 102 SAIXr LOUIS will be the new Cathedral, to be erected on LindellBoulevard, Newstead and Maryland Avenues,when finished to represent one of the most mag-nificent of modern American Cathedrals. Someidea of its magnitude may be obtained from a com-parison of some of its dimensions with the great\A^estminster, London. The greatest length ofhundred and sixty feet—thethree hundred and eighty;AVestminster one hundredSaint Louis Cathedral twothe clear open Auditoriumthousand feet—Saint Louis Cathedral fifteen thou-sand three hundred feet, in all its proportions be-ing larger than W^estminster, with an ultimateseating capacity of between four thousand and fourthousand five hundred people. AVestminster is threeSaint Louis Cathedral,the greatest width ofand seventeen feet— hundred and twelve; Westminster, twelve
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