St. Luke's Church (Church Hill, Maryland)
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St. Luke's Church is a historic Episcopal
church located at Church Hill
, Queen Anne's County, Maryland
. It was built between 1729 and 1732 as the parish church for St. Luke's Parish, which had been established in 1728.
It is one story high, five bays long and three bays wide, with brick exterior walls laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers. The structure features a gambrel
roof and semicircular apse
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1977.
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
church located at Church Hill
Church Hill, Maryland
Church Hill is a town in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 530 at the 2000 census. Joshua Seney was born near Church Hill, and is buried on his property near the town.-Geography:...
, Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Queen Anne's County is a county located on the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Maryland.As of 2010, the population was 47,798. Its county seat and most populous municipality is Centreville. The census-designated place of Stevensville is the county's most populous place...
. It was built between 1729 and 1732 as the parish church for St. Luke's Parish, which had been established in 1728.
It is one story high, five bays long and three bays wide, with brick exterior walls laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers. The structure features a gambrel
Gambrel
A gambrel is a usually-symmetrical two-sided roof with two slopes on each side. The upper slope is positioned at a shallow angle, while the lower slope is steep. This design provides the advantages of a sloped roof while maximizing headroom on the building's upper level...
roof and semicircular apse
Apse
In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome...
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1977.
External links
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Queen Anne's County, including photo from 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust
- St. Luke's, Church Hill & St. Andrew's, Sudlersville in Queen Anne's County website