National Register of Historic Places

Cathedral of St. James and Parish Hall

South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Listed
June 4, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85001205

About this property

The Cathedral of St. James is an Episcopal cathedral in South Bend, Indiana, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Northern Indiana. The cathedral church and the adjoining parish hall were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The cathedral reported 192 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income for the congregation in 2024 was $367,742 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 109. St. James parish was established in 1868 and was the first Episcopal congregation in the city. The present church building was designed by the architectural firm of Austin & Parker in the Gothic Revival style. It was completed in 1894. The parish hall was completed in 1920. Initially, the parish was part of the Diocese of Indiana and became a part of the Diocese of Michigan City when Indiana was split by the 1898 General Convention. Trinity Church in Michigan City was chosen as the diocesan cathedral at the first diocesan convention on April 25, 1899. It served that purpose until November 4, 1917, when it ceased being a cathedral. The name of the diocese was changed to the Diocese of Northern Indiana on May 20, 1919. St. James Church became the diocesan cathedral on January 30, 1957. Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, was a parishioner at St. James, and married his husband Chasten Glezman there on July 16, 2018. David A. Kalvelage, Cathedrals of the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. (Forward Movement Publications, 1993) ISBN 9780880281430 List of the Episcopal cathedrals of the United States Media related to Cathedral of St. James (South Bend, Indiana) at Wikimedia Commons

Location

117 N. Lafayette and 115 N. Lafayette
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
41.67677, -86.25359

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Cathedral of St. James and Parish Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 1985.

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Cathedral of St. James and Parish Hall is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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