St. James Cathedral Chicago
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As Chicago rebuilt and prospered, so did St. James, which was reflected in a grand church building. In the 1870s, St. James commissioned works by women artists, which was uncommon at the time. One example is the baptismal font located at the entrance to the church, carved in Rome from Carrara marble by the American sculptor Augusta Freeman. Later, the paintings on the reredos (altarpiece) in St. Andrew's Chapel (built 1912) are the work of Scottish artist Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852-1936). The Arts-and-Crafts Gothic Revival hand-stenciled designs of artist E. J. Neville Stent adorn the walls of the cathedral's interior.