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The Basilica of St. Andrew, also known as St. Andrew's Catholic Church, is a historic Catholic church and rectory in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1900-1902, and is a buff brick church on a stone foundation in the High Victorian Gothic style.
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Welcome to Basilica of Saint Andrew in Roanoke, Virginia! We look forward to getting to know you and worshiping with you. Our Parish offers opportunities to engage in the sacraments and become active in ministry.
If you take a walking tour around the sanctuary, start at the window of St. Andrew (on the east side over the baptismal font). St. Andrew, patron saint of our church, is given a prominent place in this house of worship. He is standing beside the X-shaped cross, the implement of his martyrdom.
Standing atop Railroad Hill, this church, which replaced an earlier building for its congregation of Catholic railroad employees, was funded by Ida Barry Ryan, wife of Thomas Fortune Ryan of Oak Ridge (NE9). The church is a rare example in Virginia of yellow brick High Victorian Gothic.
The History of St. John's Episcopal, Roanoke. The railroad arrived in the early 1890s, and Big Lick, Virginia, became Roanoke. Almost overnight, the city’s population soared, and tiny St. John’s Church, which had existed in Roanoke since 1850, grew along with it.
