In 1958, the National Cathedral in Washington, DC ran a competition for amateur sculptors. The challenge: To submit designs for gargoyles that would be translated by stone-carvers into imperishable stonework and become part of the Cathedral’s architecture. Out of 400 entries, only 13 had been chosen for consideration, and the design based on a Basenji was one of them. Read how the designer, Elizabeth Kimball, did it, and why, along with more photographs here.

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