# @enquirer on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-05-10T22:45:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sam Greene (@sgdoesit) — https://gondola.cc/sgdoesit

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The Cathedral Basilica of The Assumption just completed a third major restoration in its 125 years of serving Covington. Parishioners of the cathedral and the Diocese of Covington funded the $8 million restoration that focused solely on the outside of the cathedral. But there was much more to this than just the remaking of the grotesques, the fanciful animal forms gracing the exterior of the church building.

While a renovation modernizes a building, a restoration preserves its historical significance.

The cathedral basilica’s 1945 restoration was also its first and last renovation as the federal government placed the cathedral on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. After gaining a spot on the registry, all work must retain a building's history and cultural significance. The cathedral's second major restoration was in 2001, cleaning the inside and the outside of the building.

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📸: Phil Didion/The Enquirer #covington #covingtonkentucky #nky #kentucky #basilica

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