Retirement in North Carolina
After working on a commission at the Biltmore Estate, Guastavino retired to Black Mountain. The site of his estate is now Christmount, the conference and retreat center of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Ruins of the Guastavino Estate still stand, as well as a collection of Guastavino memorabilia in the Christmount library. In North Carolina his work is found in Duke Chapel in Durham, the Jefferson Standard Building in Greensboro, the Motley Memorial in Chapel Hill, and St. Mary's Catholic Church in Wilmington. He is buried in the crypt of the Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville, which he designed in 1905.
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