{"nrhp_refnum":"72000127","name":"St. Luke's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 7","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lanesborough","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.60174327500005,"lon":-73.22983349399993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-02-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a stone church building on U.S. Route 7 in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, built in 1836 in the Gothic Revival style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the few New England Gothic Revival churches that pre-date the Ecclesiological Movement, and it belongs to the rarer Adamesque Gothic group. Its stone construction is of special interest in New England. It also reflects the early northward spread of the Episcopal Church into western Massachusetts, and its parish records date to 1767.","narrative":"St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, is a stone church completed in 1836. Its squared rubble walls, pitched roof with wooden scissor trusses and centered front tower give it the outline of an early-nineteenth-century New England meetinghouse, while the details are Gothic Revival: a marble pointed arch over the door, a marble quatrefoil window, crenels and crocketed finials, and diamond-paned windows. Inside, the original gallery, pews, altar rail and hardware survive, along with late nineteenth-century wall stencilling and an 1862 organ by William Johnson that has never been electrified. The church was recognized because few Gothic Revival churches in New England predate the Ecclesiological Movement, and because stone construction is uncommon there. It also marks the early growth of the Episcopal Church into western Massachusetts. The parish records begin in 1767, making it among the oldest Episcopal parishes in the state.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1836","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (Adamesque Gothic), with the form of an early-nineteenth-century New England meetinghouse","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition and described as structurally sound, though needing pointing, trim painting and a new roof covering. Used as a religious building. A later grant application proposed replastering and repainting the interior and restoring its stencilling.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:53.995341-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/7943/63794324/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/72000127.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000127/83ea8ea0c6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000127/83ea8ea0c6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Luke%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Lanesborough_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Luke%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Lanesborough_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794324","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Luke%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Lanesborough,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589788"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/st-lukes-episcopal-church-72000127/"}