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| Keywords: StJamestheLessCeiling.jpg en Chancel Ceiling of Saint James-the-Less Episcopal Church 3200 West Clearfield Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania <br> Building/structure dates 1846 initial construction<br> Significance Built between 1846 and 1848 St James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States It is also the first church be inspired by and constructed under the supervision of the English Ecclesiological late Cambridge Camden Soceity a highly influential group dedicated to reviving Medieval ritual and church design An intimate and exquisitely beautiful church St James the Less is a superb reproduction of St Michael's Longstanton in Cambridgeshire built ca 1230 Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey http //memory loc gov/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa1100/pa1153/color/570215cv jpg<br>Library of Congress Prints Photographs Online Catalog http //loc gov/pictures/item/pa1153/ HABS PA 51-PHILA 318-pa104 Creator Jack Boucher June and September 1996 PA 51-PHILA 318-pa104 PD-USGov St James the Less Philadelphia Church ceilings in the United States | ||||
