{"nrhp_refnum":"00001612","name":"St. Luke's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"68 Bedford Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Katonah, Town of Bedford","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.25522689500008,"lon":-73.68395683299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-01-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Tudor Revival church built in 1921-23 at 68 Bedford Road, at the southern entrance to the hamlet of Katonah in the Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York. It was designed by Hobart B. Upjohn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a distinctive example of the half-timbered Tudor Revival style popular in the 1920s, with relatively few half-timbered churches of the period in Westchester County. It is the work of Hobart B. Upjohn, from a prominent family of church architects. Its corner location and large spruce, used as the community Christmas tree, make it a visible local landmark.","narrative":"Standing like the bow of a ship on a small triangular lot where two roads fork at the southern edge of Katonah, this Tudor Revival church was built in 1921-23 for an Episcopal congregation that had met in a movie house and a warehouse. Hobart B. Upjohn, son and grandson of noted American church architects, designed it. The walls combine a rustic stone base with half-timbering and stucco, under a steep slate roof topped by a small copper-clad steeple. Diamond-paned stained glass windows with Gothic tracery are original. Inside, exposed timber arches rise to a wood-decked roof, recalling small English parish churches. The building was listed for its architecture, as a good example of a style that was rare for churches in Westchester County. The church also serves as a local landmark, and its large spruce is used as the community Christmas tree. The exterior and interior remain largely unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1921-23","architect_builder":"Upjohn, Hobart B.","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a church; described as highly intact on the exterior and interior.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.086997-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001612.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001612/bb9c9fce8b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001612/bb9c9fce8b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katonah,_New_York_(4594592445).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katonah,_New_York_(4594592445).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83001830","name":"Katonah Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/katonah-village-historic-district-83001830/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323233","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Luke%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Katonah,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589787"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/st-lukes-episcopal-church-00001612/"}