St. Joseph Cathedral

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $4.95
Original Price: $8.95

Stock #:269748
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Bardstown
State: Kentucky (KY)
County: Nelson
Publisher: Curt Teich & Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
Erected 1816-1819 under Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, this is the oldest cathedral west of the Allegheny Mountains. It contains a rare collection of famous paintings by Old World Masters, donated by Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans, afterwards King of France. He had visited Bardstown in 1797 while in exile

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