Richard Upjohn called St. Paul's Cathedral, seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, his finest work, and its twin towers rise above you in downtown Buffalo. The stone building you see was designed by Richard Upjohn and erected between 1849 and 1851; Upjohn himself believed it to be his finest work, and it was consecrated in 1851. Construction continued: the spires atop the two towers were finished in 1870.
Inside, a fire in 1888 gutted the interior; the sanctuary you imagine was redesigned thereafter by Robert W. Gibson. In recognition of its architecture, the cathedral was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987. Still an active congregation, it reported 220 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports.
Plate and pledge income for the congregation in 2024 was $176,178 with an average Sunday attendance of 53. The church sits on a dramatic triangular lot bounded by Church Street, Pearl Street, Erie Street, and Main Street, so the building reads differently from every angle. This triangular lot bounded by Church, Pearl, Erie and Main Streets makes the cathedral read differently from every angle you approach.