{"nrhp_refnum":"74001791","name":"St. Lukes Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6th and Chestnut Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lebanon","county":"Lebanon County","state":"PA","lat":40.33814191400006,"lon":-76.42080009999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large Gothic Revival Episcopal church in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, laid out as a Latin Cross and built of native bluestone with red sandstone and Ohio white freestone trim. The form names H. M. Congdon of New York as designer.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is an unusually sophisticated Gothic Revival building for its area, with fine exterior and interior construction and carving. It also states the church, funded by the Coleman family, played a role in the development of the Lebanon area, including the founding of Good Samaritan Hospital and the Lebanon Public Library.","narrative":"Built in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in Gothic Revival style, St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a large cruciform building of native bluestone with red sandstone quoins, buttresses and window surrounds and Ohio white freestone string courses. Its west gable entrance has octagonal towers flanking twin vaulted doorways, and a crenellated square tower rises from the north side. The roof is covered in blue and red slate, and eight red sandstone gargoyles serve as drain spouts. Inside, the church has 35 columns and foliage carvings native to Lebanon County, and hood mouldings carved with the symbols of the four Gospel writers. The design is attributed to H. M. Congdon of New York, and the building was funded by the Coleman family, whose fortune came from the Cornwall Mines. It is listed for its unusually refined architecture for the region and for the Episcopal congregation's role in founding Good Samaritan Hospital and the Lebanon Public Library.","period_of_significance":"1880","architect_builder":"H. M. Congdon (architect)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The church has undergone little alteration since construction; a two-story parish house and chapel were added at the turn of the century.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.045684-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/74001791.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001791/c1c163fe5c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001791/c1c163fe5c-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Lukes_LebCo_PA_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Lukes_LebCo_PA_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996207","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Luke%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Lebanon,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589838"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lebanon-county/st-lukes-episcopal-church-74001791/"}