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Cost of Furnishings, 1936 Bishop O’Hara presented the following list to Christ the King parishioners who wanted to contribute items for the new Cathedral. Today’s costs would be many times these amounts, of course, and in many cases the items simply could not be bought at any price. Marble/Altars • High altar marble work: $5,000 • Mosaic panel for high altar: $2,500 • Two side altars: $2,000 each—marble works on altars $800, mosaic panel $1,200 • Statues for shrine: $750; mosaic Stations of the Cross $300 each • Baptismal font marble work: $500, metal work on font $250 • Communion rail: $2,000 • Marble pulpit: $750 Woodwork • Pews: $6,000 • One sedilla (set of seats built into the wall near the altar): $150 • One Prie Dieu (padded kneeler): $150 • Bishop’s throne: $500 • Altar boy benches: $150 each Metalwork • Tabernacle: main altar $750, side altars $300 • Fourteen nave lamps: $250 each, $3,500 • One sanctuary lamp: $175 • Six high altar candlesticks: $60 each • Crucifix: $150 • Easter candlestick: $350 • Four sanctuary gates: $150 each • Keys for 3 tabernacles: $2 each Windows • Two large rose windows: $1,100 each • Fourteen bays with two lancelet windows and one rose window: $2,200 each bay Other • Organ: $15,000 • Statue of Christ the King over entrance: $1,000
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