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Basilica of the Assumption
| Engineer / Architect: | Benjamin H. Latrobe |
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| Location: |
408 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD |
| Year Built: | 1805-21 |
| Structural Form: | Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic cathedral; masonry dome, post and lintel portico, groin vaulting |
| Historical Details: | The Basilica was the first Roman Catholic Cathedral built in the United States. The church is "somewhat similar to that of the Pantheon in Paris, but with a lower Roman dome rather than a taller Renaissance one, and the Greek cross lengthened to become a Latin one." Latrobe did not live to see the church completed and there is much controversy surrounding the architect of the towers' onion (Saracenic) domes. |
| Technical Details: | N/A |
| Image Source(s): | Rachel Sangree |
| References: |
J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD (1997), pp. 67-69. Official Website: "Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary", Retrieved April 5, 2005 from: Link |
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