St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a historic church at 309 E. Baltimore Street in

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, United States. The congregation was formed in 1832, the first of five new

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congregations planted in

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that year after Mrs. Mary Hayes Willis Gloster of La Grange had traveled to

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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

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that is a copy of a cross in a

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chapel. The cross and a brass alms basin were presented to St. Luke's in 1867 by Bishop Charles Quintard, who had received them as gifts from a duchess he met in England. The church was added to the

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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 {{Tennessee-Anglican-church-stub