St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Cahaba, Alabama)
St. Luke's Episcopal Church | |
St. Luke's Episcopal Church at Cahaba in 2010 | |
| Location | Cahaba, Alabama, United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°19′9″N 87°6′19″W / 32.31917°N 87.10528°W |
| Built | 1854, moved 1876 & 2006–2007 |
| NRHP reference No. | 82002008 |
| Added to NRHP | March 25, 1982 |
St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic church built in 1850s at Cahaba, Alabama, the state’s first capital from 1820 to 1826. The unknown builder closely followed plans published by architect Richard Upjohn in his 1852 book Rural Architecture.
The Gothic Revival structure features lancet windows, pointed arch doorways, and vertical board and batten sheathing. The building originally had a square bell tower at the front corner, but it was not rebuilt when the church was relocated in 1878 to Martin's Station. The church was disassembled and relocated to Cahaba in 2007, where it was reassembled at Old Cahawba Archaeological Park.