America's Houses Of Worship

The National Cathedral is 110 feet high and is two football fields long. It was begun in 1907, it took 83 years to complete. There, America mourns the loss of its leaders.
"Our first job is to be here for the nation. No other church has that as its distinctive role," Rev: Sam Lloyd said. "A place where the nation can look to say, 'That's the kind of space we want to see our nation holding up its sacred life in.'"

The Mormon Temple is a truly awe-inspiring piece of architecture, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Home to the Mormon Tabernacle choir, this marvel draws millions of visitors each year.

The steepled church is located opposite Harvard's Widener Library. Unlike many university chapels, this one is not Gothic.

This is a stained glass window in the first African Baptist Church in in Savannah, Ga. that was built by slaves and was a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Symbols of the struggle hide in plain view throughout First African Baptist. The church's sanctuary ceiling is adorned with a pattern is called a nine-patch quilt. To a runaway slave, a quilt hung outdoors identified a safe house.

New York City's Islamic Cultural Center is located on the Upper East Side. The mosque's plaza entry is angled toward Mecca.

Phillip Johnson designed the Crystal Cathedral which is located in Garden Grove, Calif. The church was dedicated in 1980.

The Enmanji Buddist temple was constructed during the Depression in Sebastopol, Calif. It was built in the 12th century Japanese style.

St. Patrick's church in Oklahoma City is a Roman Catholic church and was completed in 1962. This is the bronze sculpture of St. Patrick outside the building.