St. Luke Episcopal Church
National Register of Historic Places

St. Luke Episcopal Church

Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee
Listed
May 23, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
84003600

About this property

St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a historic church at 309 E. Baltimore Street in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. The congregation was formed in 1832, the first of five new Episcopal congregations planted in West Tennessee that year after Mrs. Mary Hayes Willis Gloster of La Grange had traveled to Nashville to ask Bishop James H. Otey to bring the Episcopal Church to West Tennessee. The church building dates to 1845, although it was only partially completed that year. It was consecrated by Bishop Otey on May 14, 1853. The church's bell and its hand-pumped organ were installed in 1852. The church has a brass altar cross that is a copy of a cross in a Westminster Abbey chapel. The cross and a brass alms basin were presented to St. Luke's in 1867 by Bishop Charles Quintard, who had received them as gifts from a duchess he met in England. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Location

309 E. Baltimore St.
Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee
35.61365, -88.81695

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was St. Luke Episcopal Church listed on the National Register?

St. Luke Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 23, 1984.

What type of historic resource is St. Luke Episcopal Church?

St. Luke Episcopal Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for St. Luke Episcopal Church is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1832.

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