Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Project Architect:
John G. Waite Associates

General Contractor:
Henry Lewis

Robinson Iron Project Manager:
Austin Robinson

Many of you responded with interest to this article in our “Portfolio Winter 2005”  issue regarding the restoration of Henry Benjamin Latrobe’s cathedral masterpiece. Celebration of the mass began again on November 4, 2006.  The work Robinson Iron accomplished on the perimeter fencing is the focus of a new ad created for our 2008 advertising campaign. We hope you enjoy these additional shots taken from our library.

A glorious shot of the cathedral. Beyond one can see the retrofitted bronze signage with the statue of Cardinal James Gibbons archbishop of Baltimore1877-1921.

A late afternoon shot picks out each detail.

Looking down the line of the perimeter fencing.

Incredibly beautiful and massive scrollwork flanks the pedestrian gates.

Support brackets repeat the classically inspired details.

The intermediate posts have urn shaped finials.

Detail at Bracket.

Photographer
credit: Jeff Wolfson