File:St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Pearl Street and Church Street, Buffalo, NY - 52674538022.jpg

English: Built in 1851-1870, this Gothic Revival-style church was designed by Richard Upjohn, and rebuilt with a stone interior to replace the original wooden interior following a fire in 1888 under the direction of Robert W. Gibson, with reconstruction being completed in 1890. The building is clad in Medina Sandstone with two sandstone spires topped with crosses, the taller of which sits atop the main tower and belfry of the church and is among the tallest unreinforced masonry spires in the world. The rest of the building features slate gabled roofs, with gable parapets at the ends. The church features stained glass lancet windows, with the larger windows featuring tracery, an octagonal western tower and a square eastern tower, buttresses, an irregular footprint, pinnacles, and gothic arched entrance doors. The church’s interior features slate and marble mosaic tile flooring, a Mexican Onyx altar, and ornately carved oak furnishings, hammer beam vaulted ceilings, columns supporting gothic arches, with the smaller Richmond Chapel featuring a hammer beam ceiling with painted panels, a decorative oak screen between the chapel and the nave of the main sanctuary, and decorative chandeliers. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1987, due to its historical and architectural significance. The building continues to serve as the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Buffalo, and is a very well preserved example of 19th Century Gothic Revival architecture.