St. James' Cathedral

St James's Cathedral is Toronto's first Anglican church. Located in the park of the same name and surrounded by a garden of the XIX century, it was opened in 1853 and became the third temple after earlier, destroyed as a result of strong fires in the 30-40s of the XIX century. The main architectural values are a high slender spire, marble choirs and beautiful stained glass windows.

The history of the Anglican Church begins in 1793, when the first Anglican service was held in a small town called York, located on the site of modern Toronto. A few years later, in 1807, a wooden church was erected, in the construction of which soldiers of the English garrison took part. In 1818, the church area was expanded, and a bell tower was built. It stood until 1833, when after a fire the temple had to be demolished and built in its place a stone church in the neoclassical style.

After York was renamed Toronto in 1834, St James's Church soon became a cathedral. After another fire in 1849, a new stage of construction began, and in 1853 a new Gothic cathedral was erected, which became a real decoration of the city. In the following years, the cathedral was completed, expanded, new decorative elements appeared.