Tags: Religious Building.
The Basilica of St. Lawrence is a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church located in downtown Asheville North Carolina. The basilica was designed and built in 1905 by Spanish architect Rafael Guastavino along with his fellow architect R. S. Smith and the surrounding Catholic community of Asheville North Carolina. The Basilica is on the National Register of Historic Places and was elevated in status to a Minor Basilica in 1993 by Pope John Paul II.
