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Old Saint Mary's Cathedral

Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
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Old Saint Mary's Cathedral

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Chinese laborers built it in 1854 from brick shipped around Cape Horn and granite cut in China, the first cathedral in California built as one. The fires after the 1906 earthquake left only the walls and bell tower, and it was renovated by 1909.

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