Table Of ContentGOTHIC PRIDE
The Story of Building a Great Cathedral in Newark
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Gothic Pride
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Gothic Pride
The Story of Building a
Great Cathedral in Newark
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Regan, Brian.
Gothic pride : the story of building a great cathedral in Newark / Brian Regan.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn978–0–8135–5288–0 (hardcover : alk. paper)—
isbn978–0–8134 5346–7 (e-book)
1. Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Newark, N.J.) 2. Gothic revival
(Architecture)—New Jersey—Newark. 3. Basilicas—New Jersey—Newark.
4. Newark (N.J.)—Buildings, structures, etc. I. Title.
na5235.n63r44 2012
726.609749´32—dc23
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A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available
from the British Library.
Publication of Gothic Prideis made possible in part by generous financial
support from the Most Reverend Peter Leo Gerety, Archbishop Emeritus of
the Archdiocese of Newark; Thomas P. Higgins; the New Jersey Catholic
Historical Commission; Eugene O’Hara; and Charles Scribner III.
Additional support was provided by Pamela L. and Robert W. Ferguson Jr.,
John Pearson, and Shirley Smoyak.
Copyright © 2012 by Brian Regan
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contents
preface and acknowledgments / ix
Introduction / 1
Part i Gothic Vision in Newark
1 Destination: Newark / 7
2 Gothic and the Context of American Cathedral Building / 17
3 Gothic Passions: The Doane Family / 28
4 Father Doane and Jeremiah O’Rourke: Architectural
Collaborators / 34
5 Newark’s Gothic Pilgrims Abroad / 43
6 “The Newark Cathedral”: Gothic Pilgrims at Home / 51
7 Bust: Crisis and a Grand Hope Deferred / 58
Part ii Interludes
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15 New Architect and New Era / 152
16 Boom and Bust Again / 159
17 Regional Developments and Twentieth-Century Cathedral
Building / 171
Part iv Completing Sacred Heart
18 Resolve / 183
19 Interior Scheme: Artistry from Here and Abroad / 191
20 Complete at Last / 200
Epilogue / 209
appendix a. The Cathedral’s Materials, Dimensions,
and Plan / 221
appendix b. Chronology of the Newark Cathedral Project / 225
notes / 229
glossary / 257
bibliography / 261
index / 267
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preface and acknowledgments
This book began with a question, prompted by unexpectedly seeing a great
stone church. It had picturesque towers, transepts, and a soaring copper
spire. I saw it—what appeared to be a medieval cathedral—while travel-
ing by train, not in France or Germany or England but in New Jersey,
when I chanced to gaze toward the horizon as the train approached Newark
from the east. Before I could take in this unlikely spectacle, a pair of apart-
ment buildings in the foreground blocked it. As the train headed farther
west, the extraordinary structure was momentarily back in view. Lit by
raking sunshine—shimmering, and utterly improbable—it looked for all
the world like an architectural apparition. Its apparent isolation heightened
the incongruity of time and place, as if this Gothic wonder had miracu-
lously risen up, or mysteriously been set down, on a weary patch of New
Jersey. (Millions of television viewers of The Sopranosmay have later unwit-
tingly shared the experience of these flashing views of the cathedral during
the opening sequence of images that preceded each episode of the popular
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