RT Washington National Cathedral

Neo-Gothic designed cathedral is the second-largest church building in the US, and the third-tallest building in Washington, D.C.

General Information

Hours:

Attraction's exterior 24 hours a day
The Washington Monument interior open daily from 9am to 5pm
The monument is closed on December 25, Christmas Day and July 4, Independence Day.

Fees:

Attraction's exterior free 24 hours a day
Non-refundable reservation fee of $1.50 per ticket to enter monument and ride the elevator to the 500 foot observation deck.

Pet Policy:

Pets allowed around exterior of monumnent
No pets allowed inside monument

Seasons:

All year

Location:

100 Hersheypark Dr, Hershey, PA 17033

Website:

hersheypark.com/

How to Get There

Overview

Washington National Cathedral (the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul) is an Episcopal cathedral at Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues, a Neo-Gothic building modeled on late 14th-century English Gothic, the second-largest church in the U.S. and the third-tallest building in D.C. The foundation stone was laid on September 29, 1907 with President Theodore Roosevelt, and the "final finial" was placed 83 years later in 1990 with President George H.W. Bush. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and ranked third on the AIA's 2007 list of America's favorite architecture.

Highlights

Gloria in Excelsis Tower: 301 feet, the highest point in Washington, with the Pilgrim Observation Gallery
Stained glass: more than 200 windows, including the Space Window with a lunar rock fragment
Stonework: a pulpit from Canterbury Cathedral stone and the Jerusalem Altar from stone quarried near Jerusalem
Ironwork by Samuel Yellin, and the carved gargoyles and grotesques

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