Interior of the Cathedral of St Joseph showing the beautified sanctuary with restored artwork

Renovation & BeautificationCompleted

The Cathedral of Saint Joseph

Originally designed in a Mid-Century Modernist aesthetic, this renovation is an enhancement of the Cathedral of St Joseph's monumentality and beauty while introducing a timeless Catholic and classical identity.

The cathedral nave before renovation: stone walls beneath a folded white ceiling and wood-clad roof, a crucifix above the altar, a speckled stone floor and organ pipes at right. — The sanctuary before and after the beautification

The cathedral entrance before renovation: a zigzag-roofed canopy on slender columns over three wood doors, with the green metal-roofed church and spire behind, seen across the parking lot. — Cathedral of St Joseph — the entrance before renovation

The beautified sanctuary from the nave: the baldachin over the altar beneath the folded ceiling, painted roundels either side and the cathedra at right.

Interior photograph of a circular baptistery featuring an octagonal marble font, stained glass windows, painted murals of baptismal scenes, and a skylight with painted medallions.

Front elevation of the cathedral's colonnaded portico with bronze doors, flanking statues, and a gilded cross atop the pediment, in warm afternoon light.

Symmetrical front elevation of the cathedral showing a six-column pedimented portico with a relief sculpture in the tympanum and a gilded cross above, framed by trees and a lawn.

Close-up photograph of three sets of bronze entrance doors decorated with relief panels and alpha-omega motifs, flanked by stone statues on pedestals beneath a coffered wood ceiling.

Photograph of the cathedral's stone entrance tower and Doric-columned portico, taken at an angle from the paved forecourt, with statues framed beneath the colonnade.

The cathedral across its paved forecourt: the colonnaded portico and stone entrance tower beneath a wide sky.

Scanned watercolor and pencil rendering labeled Proposed Interior Beautification, Cathedral of St Joseph, Jefferson City, Missouri, dated 2020, showing a decorated sanctuary with medallion paintings, a crucifix, and an altar.

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