You are here

Virginia: Valley, Piedmont, Southside & Southwest » Southside » Powhatan County » The Huguenot Trail » St. Luke's Episcopal Church

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

-A A +A
1844; 1890 chancel; 1915 choir and vestry. 2245 Huguenot Tr.
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)

This small Greek Revival church is nestled into a walled churchyard. Erected under the leadership of English immigrant William Harrison, the church has long been a center of religious, social, and civic influence that far outweighs its size. The gable-end two-bay building has a brick pediment outlined by a modest classical cornice. The double entrance doors are framed by a transom and stained glass sidelights beneath a rising wooden lintel with fretwork inspired by the builders' guides of Asher Benjamin.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Anne Carter Lee
×

Data

What's Nearby

The Foundry (Musket Factory)
Norwood
Court House Tavern
Old Jail
Powhatan County Courthouse

Citation

Anne Carter Lee, "St. Luke's Episcopal Church", [Powhatan, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-02-PO9.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Virginia vol 2

Buildings of Virginia: Valley, Piedmont, Southside, and Southwest, Anne Carter Lee and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, 282-282.

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,