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Basilica of St. Lawrence
Architecture· 1909· Asheville

Basilica of St. Lawrence

National Register of Historic Places
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Spanish Renaissance Revival Catholic church completed 1909 by Rafael Guastavino (Catalan tile-vault inventor) and Richard Sharp Smith; features one of the largest freestanding elliptical Guastavino tile domes in North America (82 by 58 feet, no wood or steel). Guastavino is buried in the chapel.

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  • ·97 Haywood Street. Guastavino died in 1908 before completion; son finished. NPS declared 'National Significance' 2010 for engineering. Personal project Guastavino donated time, materials, expertise.

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