{"id":45494,"date":"2021-09-12T07:24:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T11:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=45494"},"modified":"2021-09-12T07:24:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T11:24:52","slug":"nc-highway-historical-marker-honors-rafael-guastavino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/communities\/nc-highway-historical-marker-honors-rafael-guastavino\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Highway Historical Marker Honors Rafael Guastavino"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_45496\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45496\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45496\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WNCHA-Historical-Marker-Guastavino-Postcard.-Photo-courtesy-of-Swannanoa-Valley-Museum-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"763\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guastavino postcard. Courtesy of Swannanoa Valley Museum<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Join the Guastavino Alliance, Swannanoa Valley Museum, and Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) on Monday, September 13, at 10:30 a.m. for the unveiling and dedication of a new NC Highway Historical Marker recognizing Rafael Guastavino\u2019s vault and dome tile work and marking the site of his Black Mountain estate, Rhododendron. After the dedication, a short program and self-guided walking tour of Rhododendron (now Christmount conference center) will take place. Refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope this marker will pique the interest of those who drive by it and encourage them to learn more about Guastavino\u2019s work across the country,\u201d says WNCHA executive director Anne Chesky Smith. \u201cIt\u2019s very likely they have been in a building that utilizes his work, but have no idea who he was or why the technique was so innovative.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45497\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45497\" class=\"wp-image-45497\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WNCHA-Historical-Marker-2014.003.022.jpg-none-needed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WNCHA-Historical-Marker-2014.003.022.jpg-none-needed.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WNCHA-Historical-Marker-2014.003.022.jpg-none-needed-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WNCHA-Historical-Marker-2014.003.022.jpg-none-needed-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WNCHA-Historical-Marker-2014.003.022.jpg-none-needed-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WNCHA-Historical-Marker-2014.003.022.jpg-none-needed-810x500.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WNCHA-Historical-Marker-2014.003.022.jpg-none-needed-1140x703.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Rhododendron. Photo by Gertrude Sprague. Courtesy of Swannanoa Valley Museum<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rafael Guastavino Moreno arrived at Ellis Island with his son in 1881, speaking no English and with limited funds. He was trained as an architect in Barcelona and with his knowledge of the Catalan vault structure developed the Guastavino Tile Arch System that allows for the construction of large, self-supporting arches, vaults and domes using thin terracotta tiles and mortar. One of his first major commissions was the Boston Public Library. Soon after that, George Vanderbilt engaged him to work on the Biltmore estate. While working in Asheville, Guastavino fell in love with the area, purchased land in Black Mountain and built his estate which included a large home, vineyard and wine cellar, dairy and a kiln for making tiles.<\/p>\n<p>Guastavino\u2019s son Rafael Guastavino Exposito was also an architect active into the 1950s. Together they were responsible for more than 600 structures extant in the US. Ten are in North Carolina including St. Lawrence Basilica in Asheville where Guastavino Senior was buried in 1908.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mission of the Guastavino Alliance is to tell the story of the life of the Guastavinos and to maximize public interest in the history and preservation of their work,\u201d says Guastavino Alliance co-chair Suzanne Fisher. \u201cThe Alliance Board felt it was important to recognize that he chose to build his home in Black Mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The marker will be placed at the I-40 interchange in Black Mountain (Exit 64). Dedication attendees will meet on the sidewalk at the stoplight on the southwest corner of the intersection (corner closest to Ingles\/McDonalds). Parking is available in the Ingles parking lot. The reception and tour will take place after the event at Christmount at 222 Fern Way, Black Mountain. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/WNCHistory.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNCHistory.org<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/RGuastavino.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RGuastavino.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the Guastavino Alliance, Swannanoa Valley Museum, and Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) on Monday, September 13, at 10:30 a.m. for the unveiling and dedication of a new NC Highway Historical Marker recognizing Rafael Guastavino\u2019s vault and dome tile work and marking the site of his Black Mountain estate, Rhododendron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":45496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communities","category-heritage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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