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St. Luke's Episcopal Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic–style Episcopal church building located at 219 Chunn's Cove Road, in the Chunn's Cove neighborhood of Asheville, North Carolina. Built in 1894 at a cost of $728, St. Luke's was designed by E. J. Armstrong, a member of the congregation. The first service was held on September 17, 1894.〔〔(History of St. Luke's, 1847-2007 )〕 On September 30, 1997, St, Luke's was added to the National Register of Historic Places.〔 ==History== In 1847, the Reverend Jarvis Buxton came to Asheville, then a community of about 800 people, to become the Rector of Trinity Church. A missionary-minded priest, the Rev. Buxton was responsible for beginning the work of the Episcopal Church in Chunns Cove, Beaverdam, West Asheville and Waynesville. St. Luke′s Episcopal Church was designed by E. J. Armstrong, a member of the congregation, and built in 1894, at a cost of $728. The first service was held on September 17, 1894. In the 1940s, the Reverend James B. Sill obtained two (or possibly three) stained–glass panels, or ″lights,″ that once been installed in St. Chrysostom's Chapel in New York City. (The chapel, built and maintained by New York City's Trinity Chapel, had been demolished in 1929 because it had sustained structural damage from a nearby subway.) The distinctive style of the stained glass leads this researcher to conclude that the glass was designed and manufactured in the late 19th century by Heaton, Butler and Bayne of London. One of the lights is installed in St. Luke's but another is broken—perhaps during the journey to western North Carolina—and is being stored at the church. From an item published in the Asheville Citizen, dated January 11, 1942: "WINDOW PRESENTED ST. LUKE'S—The Rev. J. B. Sill, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church, Chunn's cove, inspects the stained glass window which was presented the church by the vestry of Trinity church, New York city, in memory of his father, the Rev. Thomas Henry Sill. The window, which was taken from St. Chrysostam's () chapel, owned by Trinity, shows Christ blessing little children. The elder Sill was vicar of St. Chrysostam's () for many years before it was torn down. The window will be dedicated at 3 p. m. today by Bishop R. E. Gribbin." The original deed for the land was professionally restored by licensed archivists in 2013, and that document now hangs in the climate-controlled parish house. A framed color facsimile hangs in the nave of the church, because that building is subject to greater temperature fluctuations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Asheville, North Carolina)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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