BASILICA OF ST MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION Lancaster, Ohio
St Mary of the Assumption is an 1864 Gothic Revival church in Lancaster, Ohio’s historic district and is one of the largest in the region of this type.
Our new work properly details the main reredos and installs the tabernacle, formerly moved to a side chapel, back in the center of the reredos. The central painting of the Assumption accomplished in a Raphael style by a local artist is now flanked with new paintings. Two new designs for side shrines complimentary to the Sanctuary Gothic reredos. In addition, we replaced the mid-century terrazzo wainscot panels in the Nave side aisles with Gothic wood wainscoting and integrated confessional frontispieces in quarter-sawn white oak. The project also includes decorative painting with Marian floral embellishments in a German Gothic aesthetic. Also included are remodeled confessionals and restrooms, new façade lighting and LED retrofitted interior lighting, restored pews and exterior doors.
In 2022, St Mary of the Assumption was named a Minor Basilica in recognition of both its historic significance and its architectural beauty
