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History

St. Matthew’s Cathedral — Laramie’s Church

In 1887, the Reverend Ethelbert Talbot of Missouri was elected

1920 pictureBishop of the newly-created Missionary District of Wyoming and Idaho. He chose Laramie as his see city, and it was under his leadership that St. Matthew’s Cathedral was built between 1892 and 1896. The towers were added in 1916, givin by Edward Ivinson in memory of his wife Jane, a founder of St. Matthew’s Parish in 1868.

Built of native sandstone quarried about nine miles northeast of Laramie, the Cathedral was designed by William Halsey Wood of New York City. The general plan of the building is cruciform with the bell tower and spire above the main entrance on the south. The cross at the top of the spire is 118 feet above the sidewalk and 7,276 feet above sea level, making this the highest Cathedral in the nation.

The stain glass windows were made by Heaton Butler and Bayne of London and New York City, Connick of Boston, and Rowan and Irene LeCompte of New York and Washington, D.C.

The Cathedral pipe organ was built in 1926 by the E.M. Skinner Organ Co. of Boston. It contains four manuals, 51 ranks, and 3,111 pipes, and is one of the finnest Skinner organs in the country, containing both romantic and classical stops.1940 postcard

The chime of 11 bells, located in the front tower, was made by Meneely & Co., of Watervliet, N.Y. The tower clock was made by the E. Howard Clock Co. of Boston, and strikes the Westminster quarter hours and the hours of the day.

St. Matthew’s Cathedral is one of the four historic structures in the city block known historically as St. Matthew’s Cathedral Close. The others are the two-story stone and stucco Deanery; Hunter Hall (formerly known as Sherwood Hall); the First World War Memorial Cross, locatted at the rcenter of the complex. Cathedral Square was named by the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The plaque is #13 on the plan.

Worship with us

Regular services
Starting February 2019

Holy Eucharist
Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School at 8:45 am

Morning Prayer
Wednesdays at 7:15 a.m.

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St. Matthews is located on Ivinson Street between 3rd and 4th.
Address: 104 S. 4th Street, Laramie, Wyoming 82070

Contact Us
Phone: (307) 742-6608
Email: stmattslaramie@gmail.com

Offices are located in room 102 in Hunter Hall, off of 4th Street. Office hours are M-TH 8:30am-2:30pm, or by appointment.

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