The St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church is a historic

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located in Seaford,

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. It was built in 1843, and reconstructed in 1904. It is a two-story, brick

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style building. It has a one-story

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and

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three-story tower. It features stained glass lancet windows. Concrete buttresses were installed in 1943. and ' St. Luke's was organized by the Rev. Corry Chambers in 1835, from the remnants of the former St. Mary's congregation. St. Mary's was founded in 1704, but disestablished after the American Revolution.Delaware Public Archives: St. Luke's Episcopal Church
/ref> Delaware Governor William H. H. Ross (1814-1887) is buried in the churchyard. It was listed on the

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in 1977.

References

External links

St. Luke's Episcopal Church website
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