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Church Of St. Luke And The Epiphany (Philadelphia)
The Church of Saint Luke and The Epiphany is an Episcopal Church of the USA, Episcopal congregation located at 330 South 13th Street between Spruce and Pine Streets in the Center City, Philadelphia, Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, Diocese of Pennsylvania. The church was formed in 1898 as a result of the merger of St. Luke's Church (1839) and Church of The Epiphany (Philadelphia), The Church of The Epiphany (1834), which consolidated at St. Luke's location. The church building was constructed in 1839–1840 for St. Luke's and was designed by Thomas Somerville Stewart in the Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival style. Additions and renovations were made in 1875 and 1906. The building was listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1961. Today the congregation stands at about 250 members. As an urban parish, the congregation reflects the racial, cultural, and gender diversity found in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
