The Cathedral of Saint Paul stands at 239 Selby Avenue on Cathedral Hill, overlooking downtown Saint Paul. It is the co-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, with the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis. The archdiocese built it at the direction of John Ireland. Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, a French Beaux-Arts architect, designed it on a Greek cross plan. The site was bought on April 9, 1904, construction ran from 1906 to 1915, and the first Mass was on March 15, 1915.
The copper-clad dome is 76 feet (23 meters) wide and 186 feet (57 meters) high. The exterior is Rockville granite and the interior walls are travertine. Charles Connick made 24 stained-glass windows and three transept rose windows, and John Angel carved four marble evangelist statues.
It was consecrated on October 14, 1958, and designated a National Shrine to the Apostle Paul in 2009.
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