Washington’s National Cathedral is for rent. The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington announced this week that it was soliciting proposals for corporations and non-profit groups to lease its premises. However, the cathedral’s management said it would reserve the right to reject proposals not in keeping with its image.
In January 2014 the cathedral began charging a $10 admission fee to tourists to help cover its estimated $13 million annual operating budget. Damaged by an earthquake in 2011, the cathedral chapter is also seeking to raise an additional $20 million to complete repairs to the structure. The bulk of the cathedral’s budget historically has come from donations, but a decline in revenues over the past decade has seen its budget slashed in half in recent years.
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