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Abstract:
St. Lawrence's Church in Asheville was once a modest wooden building in 1868. At the turn of the century Signor Gustavino planned a new, larger, and more intricate house of worship. Gustavino designed the church on the medieval principle of cohesive construction which is based on gravity and cohesive strength of the material. Gustavino's other work included: the dome of Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, buildings on University of Virginia's campus, and Boston Public Library.
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One of the most interesting places in western North Carolina is the crumbling old Spanish castle near the town of Black Mountain. It was built by Raphael Guastavino, a tile-maker for the Biltmore estate and the architect for the dome of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Asheville, for his mistress Frances Guastavino.