{"nrhp_refnum":"97001198","name":"St. Luke's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"219 Chunn's Cove Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.60205896900004,"lon":-82.53124380299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-story frame Gothic Revival church at 219 Chunn's Cove Road in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, built in 1894 and designed and overseen by retired engineer E. J. Armstrong.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is eligible under Criterion C as one of the few remaining late Gothic Revival Episcopal churches built in western North Carolina after 1850. It is described as unaltered and retaining a steeply pitched roof, rectangular nave and vernacular window surrounds. These features reflect the Gothic Revival idiom introduced to the region with Trinity Parish in Asheville in 1849-50.","narrative":"Set on a hillside at the entrance to Chunn's Cove in Asheville, this small frame church was built in 1894 and measures twenty by thirty-six feet. Its steeply pitched gable roof, clapboard walls, projecting vestibule with double-leaf door, and two-over-two windows with triangular surrounds reflect the late Gothic Revival style. E. J. Armstrong, a retired engineer from Waterbury, Connecticut, drew the plans and oversaw construction, which was funded by subscription and a loan from the Church Building Fund Commission of New York. The building was consecrated in 1895. Inside, original pine pews and tongue-and-groove wainscoting survive, and a stained glass window over the altar came from a chapel at Trinity Church in New York City. The congregation has met continuously since 1894. The church was listed for architecture because it remains an intact example of a style that spread across western North Carolina after 1850. A 1954 rectory and a cemetery opened in 1914 are noncontributing.","period_of_significance":"1894","architect_builder":"Armstrong, E. J.","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Continuously active congregation since 1894; the church is described as almost unchanged and serves about 100 members.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.329628-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/43/7191/47719143/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/97001198.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001198/8e5a287acd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001198/8e5a287acd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Suzanne Tourtillott","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Luke%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Asheville,_North_Carolina,_USA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Suzanne Tourtillott</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Luke%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Asheville,_North_Carolina,_USA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719143","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Luke%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589774"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/st-lukes-episcopal-church-97001198/"}