Tallest Churches/Religious Buildings in the western hemisphere

[RBB]

As was mentioned in the tallest churches list, here's the 300' (91.44 meter) tall St. Francis de Sales church in south St. Louis, MO:


Saint Francis de Sales Oratory, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - tower at night by msabeln, on Flickr


View from the top of the old South Side National Bank Tower, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - Saint Francis de Sales Oratory by msabeln, on Flickr


Saint Francis de Sales Oratory, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA from the Compton Hill Water Tower by msabeln, on Flickr

-RBB

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by Cirrus

OK. If we're going to do the whole western hemisphere, here is the list I posted earlier, expanded to include Latin America. Information from Wikipedia's list of tallest churches in the world:

Latin American in green.

1. St Joseph's Oratory - Montreal, Canada - 423 ft
2. Catedral Basília Menor de Nossa Senhora da Glória - Maringá, Brazil - 407 ft
3. Riverside Church - New York, USA - 392 ft
4. Basílica del Voto Nacional - Quito, Ecuador - 376 ft
5. Catedral Basílica Nuestra Señora del Rosario - Manizales, Colombia - 371 ft
6. Cathedral of la Plata - La Plata, Argentina - 367 ft
7. Santuario Guadalupano - Zamora de Hidalgo, Mexico - 353 ft
8. Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Luján - Luján, Argentina - 348 ft
9. St Patrick's Cathedral - New York, USA - 339 ft
10.Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception - Washington, USA - 328 ft
11.Catedral da Sé - São Paulo, Brazil - 328 ft
12.Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida - Aparecida, Brazil - 328 ft
13.Cathedral of St Paul - Saint Paul, USA - 307 ft
14.St James Cathedral - Toronto, Canada - 305 ft
15.Coral Ridge Presbyterian - Fort Lauderdale, USA - 303 ft
16.National Cathedral - Washington, USA - 300 ft
17.St Francis DeSales - Saint Louis, USA - 300 ft
18.Cathedral of Hope - Pittsburgh, USA - 300 ft
19.Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré - Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada - 300 ft
20.Votive Temple of Maipú - Maipu, Chile - 291 ft
21.Washington Mormon Temple - Washington (Kensington, MD), USA - 288 ft
22.Cathedral of St Joseph - Hartford, USA - 281 ft
23.St Peter Cathedral - Erie, USA - 266 ft
24.Fort Street Presbyterian - Detroit, USA - 265 ft
25.St Anthony's - Toledo, USA - 265 ft
26.St Anthony of Padua - New Bedford, MA, USA - 256 ft
27.Heinz Memorial Chapel - Pittsburgh, USA - 256 ft
28.St Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran - Charleston, USA - 255 ft

The Los Angeles Temple of the LDS Church rises 257'

http://losangelesmormontemple.org/wp...California.jpg

[pj3000]

Originally Posted by The_Architect

Hey don't shoot the messenger, take it up with Wikipedia that's where I quoted that section from..

Besides it also says that Cathedral of St. Paul is 247 feet, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a tower, not a spire (categories I guess), as is Riverside.

I figured it was a faulty wikipedia quote. Sorry, I didn't mean to "shoot the messenger". Thanks for posting the photo of Toronto's tallest.

The Cathedral of Saint Paul (in St. Paul, MN) is 307' (I think it says 306.5' on the list) and, yes, the tower is the tallest part of the DC Basilica. Though I really think that tower and spire are just about interchangeable in the case of church architecture... but who knows how many different architectural interpretations of what constitutes what there are.

[pj3000]

New Old South Church - Boston, MA
75m (246 ft)
Charles Cummings and Willard Sears
1874


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OldSouthChurchBoston.JPG

[pj3000]

Saint Cecilia Cathedral - Omaha, NE
67.7m (222 ft)
Thomas Kimball
1905
-one the ten largest cathedrals in the US


http://omahadriver.com/category/historical-sites/


http://omaha.ne.us.towncommons.com/File:StCeciliadistant.jpg

[pj3000]

Basilica of the Sacred Heart - South Bend, IN
66.5m (218 ft)
Patrick Charles Keely
1888
-on Notre Dame campus


http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/socks/1/1253667135/basilica-of-the-sacred-heart.jpg/tpod.html

[pj3000]

Church of the Gesu - Milwaukee, WI
76.3m (250 ft)
Henry Koch
1894


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gesu_Church_Milwaukee.jpg


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbtuohy/

[pj3000]

Saint Michael Church - Chicago, IL
88m (289 ft)
August Wallbaum
1887
-tallest church in Chicago


http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/10/09/marathon-offers-runners-an-eclectic-look-at-chicago-neighborhoods/

[KevinFromTexas]

Corpus Christi, Texas
First United Methodist Church
160 feet


My photo

Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi Cathedral
133 feet
Built 1940


http://rattler.tamucc.edu/dept/speci...postcards.html

[KevinFromTexas]

Laredo, Texas
Cathedral of San Agustin
141 feet
Built 1872


http://www.elmanana.com.mx/notas.asp?id=200247

[KevinFromTexas]

These look to be the tallest in Galveston. One was over 200 feet tall before it was damaged by the 1900 hurricane.

Galveston, Texas
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
1904

This building replaced another one that was built in 1892 and designed by Nicholas Clayton. That building was destroyed by the 1900 Hurricane.


http://activerain.com/blogsview/4436...y-of-our-time-


Click for another image

This was the 1892 church that was destroyed during the 1900 Hurricane.

http://www.deadlystorms.com/storms/1...ton/damage.htm

Galveston, Texas
St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica
80 feet
Built 1848

This is the oldest surviving church building in Galveston.


http://wapedia.mobi/en/List_of_the_R..._United_States

Galveston, Texas
Saint Patrick Roman Catholic Church
Built 1870

From Flickr:

Circa 1870. Partially destroyed by 1900 Hurricane. Bell tower was originally over 200 feet tall.

During the grade raising that occured after the 1900 storm, the whole church -- all 3,000 tons -- was jacked up 5 feet and underneath was filled in with dirt.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsaum/9...n/photostream/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsaum/9...n/photostream/

[KevinFromTexas]

Fort Worth, Texas
Broadway Baptist Church
162 feet
Built 1952



http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=83191

Fort Worth, Texas
Robert Carr Chapel
137 feet
Joseph R. Pelich



http://www.weddingmapper.com/wedding...emony_venues/5

Fort Worth, Texas
First United Methodist Church
125 feet
Built 1930



http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4344441

[daisyau]

Duomo of Milan..or San pietro in Rome..those are other massive constructions!

[pj3000]

Originally Posted by daisyau

Duomo of Milan..or San pietro in Rome..those are other massive constructions!

Yes, they are indeed... and they are also quite far from the Western Hemisphere.

[pj3000]

Church Street United Methodist - Knoxville, TN
43m (141 ft)
Charles Barber and John Russell Pope
1931


http://www.flickr.com/photos/63447395@N00/

[Trantor]

Originally Posted by pj3000

Yes, they are indeed... and they are also quite far from the Western Hemisphere.

hmmm... well... officially speaking, not really, since the western hemisphere line crosses over Greenwich, France and eastern Spain.

[Trantor]

La Plata, Argentina.

supposedly, 112 meters tall. Cant confirm that.


http://thebigfoto.com/world-cathedrals-i


http://www.taringa.net/posts/imagene...Argentina.html


http://www.taringa.net/posts/imagene...a-gustar_.html

[Trantor]

some other photos of Sé Cathedral in São Paulo, by Gutooo




http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...=545791&page=3

[Trantor]

The Manizales Cathedral, in Colombia, also seems to be pretty tall. Check its height compared to the buildings around (edit: 112m according to Wikipedia)
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catedra...o_de_Manizales

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1002147


http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel...es-TG-C-1.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20...toro_arias.jpg

[Trantor]

on the Wikipedia page about La Plata Cathedral, I found this
"La Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción es el mayor Templo Neogótico de América del Sur.8 La catedral de La Plata con sus torres de 112 m de altura se ubica en segundo lugar, la Basílica del Voto Nacional de Quito con sus dos torres frontales de 115 m de altura es la catedral más alta de América. Le sigue la Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Luján y la Catedral de Manizales, ambas con 106 m de altura, el Santuario Guadalupano, en Zamora Michoacán, México, con 105 m de altura y la Catedral de San Patricio (St. Patrick´s Cathedral) en Nueva York, con 100 m de altura."

I really doubt the data is right, but now we have some more western hemisphere churches to look for!!


BASILICA VOTO NACIONAL DE QUITO
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas%C3%..._Voto_Nacional


http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo...o_nacional.JPG


http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo...tonacional.JPG




http://i.images.cdn.fotopedia.com/fl...to-image-1.jpg
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo...uito_D.M.).jpg


quite beautiful and big, but doesnt look so tall.




Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Luján, Buenos Aires Province (but not BsAs itself)

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo..._-_200807e.jpg


http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo..._-_200807d.jpg


http://img.fotocommunity.com/Arquite...-a18554772.jpg




edit: just to inform, found the Wikipedia page on the São João Batista Cathedral, in Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It informs the towers are 86 meters tall.

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catedra...C3%A3o_Batista