St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a historic church at Ocoee and Central Streets, NW in

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, United States. It is one of the city's oldest buildings and the second oldest church building in Cleveland. The

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-style church building was built in 1873. It was dedicated to the memory of a 7-year-old girl, Nina Craigmiles, who died on October 18, 1871, when the buggy she was riding in was hit by a railroad

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. The church building features

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windows, wooden arches with intricate carvings, and a 3-story

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that contains a bell that is rung nine times after the opening voluntary at the beginning of each service, three peals each in honour of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost. In addition to the bell, an electric

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that plays the Westminster Chimes on the quarter hours. The building was added to the

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in 1982.

References

External links

St. Luke's Episcopal Church website
19th-century Episcopal church buildings Churches completed in 1873 Churches in Bradley County, Tennessee Cleveland, Tennessee Episcopal churches in Tennessee Gothic Revival church buildings in Tennessee Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Bradley County, Tennessee Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Tennessee 1873 establishments in Tennessee {{Tennessee-Anglican-church-stub