The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart rests in old Richmond, Virginia.
Looking front the front, the six columns support the architrave on the front of the exterior, which displays the motto “If Ye Love Me Keep My Commandments” (John 14:15).
Richmond was a small town of only 16,000 when its first Catholic Cathedral, St. Peter’s was built in 1834. After the Civil War, Bishop John McGill realized that the growing Catholic population would need a new house of worship. In 1867 he purchased a lot in what was then considered the far west end. Lack of funds prevented further action until 1884. The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart was deducted on Thanksgiving Day, November 29, 1906.
The Cathedral houses The Museum of Virginia Catholic History.
When you visit, be prepared, parking is limited and mostly street parking.
