Basic Site Details
| Name: | Seabury Memorial Episcopal Cathedral |
| City or county: | Aberdeen |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Unexecuted |
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| Notes: | Memorial to Bishop Seabury. See also entry for St Andrews Episcopal Church which was to become the Cathedral instead of this building which never came to fruition (Wall Street crash affected it). |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | USA Cathedral | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1928 | Proposed - not executed | ||
| 8 August 1928 | Provisional plans completed and taken to Aberdeen | ||
| 14 August 1930 | Foundation stone | To be laid: project abandoned because of the Wall Street crash before contratcs were signed | |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| (Sir) John Ninian Comper | 1928 | Proposed plans | |||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Johnston, W T | 2003 | Artists of Scotland | Officina Publications CDROM | ||
| St Andrews Cathedral | 1938 | The Bishop Seabury Memorial | St Andrews Cathedral (Published after 1938) | ||
| Symondson, Anthony and Bucknall, Stephen | 2006 | Sir Ninian Comper: An introduction to his life and work with complete gazetteer | Reading: Spire Books and the Ecclesiological Society | p 176 (exterior of east end) | |
| Symondson, Anthony, SJ | 1998 | Unity by inclusion: Sir Ninian Comper and the planning of a Modern Church | no 3 | Twentieth Century Architecture: The Journal of the Twentieth Century Society, pp 17-42 | Plans illustrated p32 and interior p33. Information also p33 |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Architectural Review | 1939 | no85 (Jan-June) | p82 | |
| Builder | Early 1929 | CXXXVI | pp1143 | |