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| | Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral >> Architecture & Cathedral History |
 | | In the 1920s, the firm of Frohman, Robb and Little, fresh from participating in the design of Washington National Cathedral, a high-Gothic structure that is the world’s sixth-largest cathedral, proposed a plainer variant for St. Paul’s. |
 | | Unfortunately, the financial hardship brought on by the Great Depression and World War II deprived the Cathedral of the funds needed to build the decorative spire envisaged to tower over the simpler lower part of the church. |
 | | The largest component of the complex consists of the church nave and chancel, completed in 1951, where the people and the clergy, respectively, are seated during services. |
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