St. Luke's Episcopal Church

St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a small, one-story brick church in Powhatan County, Virginia, set within a walled churchyard near Fine Creek Mill. Built between 1843 and 1844, it measures about 20 by 36 feet and has a pedimented gable roof, stained-glass windows and a classical door surround. William Henry Harrison, an English immigrant and member of the congregation, designed and built it, supervising the making of bricks from clay dug and baked on the site. A recessed chancel was added in 1890, and a choir and vestry room followed in 1915, all in keeping with the original style. Inside are wooden pews, a varnished timber ceiling and a chancel entrance framed by a classical temple facade with Doric columns. The church was listed as an example of a rural antebellum Classical-style church that survives in an exceptional state of preservation. Its congregation included families prominent in the county, among them Confederate officers, and descendants of the original families remain active.