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St. Luke's Episcopal Church, formerly known as Hope Episcopal Church, is a historic church building located in
Fort Madison, Iowa Fort Madison is a city in and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, United States along with Keokuk. Of Iowa's 99 counties, Lee County is the only one with two county seats. The population was 10,270 at the time of the 2020 census. Located alon ...
, United States. It is a
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of the
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, and it is a
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in the
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listed on the
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History

The congregation was founded in 1847 as Hope Episcopal Church. They built the
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,
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-style church on a stone foundation in 1857. Burlington
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Charles A. Dunham designed the renovation of the church in 1886, and electric lights were added two years later. A
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to house the parish priest was built from 1889 to 1890. It was torn down sometime around 1958. The choir room in the church was enlarged and opened to the sanctuary in 1896. In 1905 the congregation changed its name to St. Luke's. The sanctuary floor was lowered and other remodeling projects were completed in 1925. The parish house was added to the rear of the church from 1928 to 1929. It was designed by Fort Madison architect Robin Carswell and constructed by Alhen Brothers contractors. Another extensive remodeling of the church occurred in the late 1940s or early 1950s. The church office addition was constructed in 1966.


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