325 W. 8th St., Cincinnati, Ohio. County/parish: Hamilton.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 18, 1973. NRIS 73001469.
1 contributing building.
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains is a Catholic cathedral of the Latin Church in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The cathedral is a Greek Revival structure located at 8th and Plum streets in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States. It is dedicated to Saint Peter's imprisonment and liberation in Rome.
The cathedral's cornerstone was laid in 1841 by Bishop John Baptist Purcell, who dedicated it in 1845. The cathedral was the first large church west of the Allegheny Mountains. The cathedral was designated a minor basilica in 2020.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989145