| Pictorial History 1838-1968 |
Narrative History 1838-1988 |
1999 Renovation | 175th Annaversery | October 21, 2021 | |
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St. Luke's was organized as a parish in 1838, after earlier home gatherings by Phoebe M. Brockway and other Episcopal women.
The Church was constructed of Medina sandstone in 1854-55 at a cost of $6,000.
The first church bell was installed in 1863, and the bell also served as the village fire alarm.
The Parish House, was constructed in 1903, was also used as a community theatre, gym, library, health clinic and meeting space. At one time,
it even had a bowling alley and a dumb waiter!
The church features mid-19th century Gothic Revival architecture. Style markers include steep, vaulted roofs and bell towers reaching towards the heavens;
elaborate, exposed wooden framing timbers; pointed arched windows and doorways; beautiful colored stained-glass windows; and an east (altar) west (main doors) orientation.
Stained Glass Windows:
Tiffany’s earlier studies in landscape painting are very evident in the paneled Tiffany window above the western, Main Street entrance.
Once unacceptable in church settings, the beautiful landscape in glass is particularly beautiful late in the day
when the setting sun backlights the sunset colors in the upper portion of the window. It was named, “Peace, Perfect Peace” by the bishop who dedicated it in 1914.
An earlier window was removed to accommodate Tiffany’s paneled “The Nativity” on the eastern, altar side of the sanctuary.
Parts of the earlier window are now in the Memorial Hallway and narthex. Dedicated on Christmas Eve, 1917.
This window was donated by Sara Morgan Manning in memory of her 22 year old son who; per church records, died two years earlier of tuberculosis.
Of particular note are the central Madonna and child, use of light, plants, angels, and symbolic lilies.
In the 1950s, this window was photographed by the Kodak Co. for display in NYC’s Grand Central Station.
The third Tiffany is found on the south wall. It depicts an empty cross with angels, one of whom is holding palm branches, a symbol of victory.
If the lighting cooperates, Tiffany’s technique of glass layering can be barely seen on close examination of this window.
Undated, it is signed in the lower corner by Louis C. Tiffany who died in 1933. A 1946 dedication, not integral to the glass, has been added to the inside surface.
The pews, are original but have been painted and cushioned but otherwise, they remain little changed from those used by the Victorian faithful, of the 19th century.
Renovations were completed in 1999
Included an altar facing the congregation, altar rails, and a credence table.
Local artisan John Deats carved these pieces from a black walnut tree donated by parishioners Fletcher and Alice Garlock,
after a fierce Labor Day storm felled a tree planted years earlier by Glifford Morgan.