There's an amusing line on the cathedral's web site about how, in the early years of the 20th century, when life in the Northwest neighborhoods of Portland was booming, "a young architect arrived from the East and asked how he could make his way in Portland society, he was advised to 'join Trinity parish and marry a Couch.' (He did both.)" If publishing that little quip on their history page wasn't already enough to endear them to me, some web scanning also tells me they have a labyrinth modeled on the one at Chartres inside the building. It warms my little medieval-art-history-loving heart. And makes me think I'll be returning to knock on the red doors sometime soon.
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