Modern Federal · Cathedrals

Statue of Pope (later Saint) John Paul II outside the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King, completed in 1967 in Lexington, Kentucky

Kentucky · 1850–1939

Statue of Pope (later Saint) John Paul II outside the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King, completed in 1967 in Lexington, Kentucky, Kentucky, 1850–1939
Statue of Pope (later Saint) John Paul II outside the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King, completed in 1967 in Lexington, Kentucky, Kentucky, 1850–1939. Cathedrals — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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