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
Episcopal may refer to:
*Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the Christian church
*Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese
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congregations planted in
West Tennessee that year after Mrs. Mary Hayes Willis Gloster of
La Grange had traveled to
Nashville
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...
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
Charles Todd Quintard (December 22, 1824 – February 16, 1898) was an American physician and clergyman who became the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee and the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South.
Medical c ...
, who had received them as gifts from a duchess he met in England.
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The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.]
References
External links
St. Luke's Episcopal Church website
19th-century Episcopal church buildings
Buildings and structures in Madison County, Tennessee
Churches completed in 1845
Episcopal churches in Tennessee
Gothic Revival church buildings in Tennessee
Jackson, Tennessee
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Tennessee
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