The Cathedral of St John the Divine

Built in the traditional stone-by-stone construction (a mix of limestone and granite), the cathedral exemplifies France's High Gothic style and features seven separate chapels, each named for a different patron saint.

The original design, in the Byzantine Revival and Romanesque Revival styles, began construction in 1892. After the opening of the crossing in 1909, the overall plan was changed to a Gothic Revival design. The completion of the nave was delayed until 1941 due to various funding shortfalls, and little progress has occurred since then, except for an addition to the tower at the nave's southwest corner. After a large fire damaged part of the cathedral in 2001, it was renovated and rededicated in 2008. The towers above the western elevation of the facade, as well as the southern transept and a proposed steeple above the crossing, have not been completed.

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is sometimes referred to as St. John's and also nicknamed St. John the Unfinished.  It is believed to be the world’s largest Anglican cathedral-church. It is at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. St. John the Divine was built by the Episcopalians, in part to compete with the Catholics’ St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The cathedral is an unfinished building of stone, granite, and limestone, with only two-thirds of the proposed building completed, due to several major stylistic changes, work interruptions, and unstable ground on the site.

Despite being incomplete, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine is the world's sixth-largest church by area and either the largest or second-largest Anglican cathedral. The floor area of St. John's is 121,000 sq ft, spanning a length of 601 feet, while the roof height of the nave is 177 feet. Since the cathedral's interior is so large, it has been used for hundreds of events and art exhibitions.