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| Keywords: VictoriaKansasCathedralOfThePlainsFront.jpg Kevyn St Fidelis Church The Cathedral of the Plains front view Victoria Kansas USA Photo date 8-SEP-1997 Photo taken by Wikimedia Commons user Kevyn Jacobs released into the public domain thumb right Informational marker in front of the church An informational marker in front of the church reads St Fidelis Church Victoria Kansas CATHEDRAL OF THE PLAINS Capuchin-Franciscan Friars Erected between 1908 and 1911 by German and German Russian Catholics this native limestone edifice is one of the largest buildings on the Great Plains Its twin limestone towers soar 141 feet above its 220 feet by 73 feet foundation Placing of the 100-pound blocks was by hand assisted only by block and tackle Besides collectively contributing 132 000 for the project each parishioner was required to haul six wagon loads of stone from the quarries in southern Ellis County Moving spirit of the erection of Victoria's fourth Catholic Church building was Father Jerome Mueller a Capuchin-Franciscan Called the Cathedral of the Plains by William Jennings Bryan the church was approved by the National Park Service on May 14 1974 for entry in the National Register of Historic Places as a building of architectural significance Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen Church Victoria Kansas Church towers in Kansas 1997 in Kansas Churches in the United States photographed in 1997 September 1997 in the United States Photographs taken on 1997-09-08 Twin church towers in the United States | ||||
