St. Luke's Church, is a historic Episcopal church

Episcopal Church (United States)

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 located in Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Maryland

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, United States

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. It is a Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival architecture

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 style church that follows the dictates of the Ecclesiological Society reflecting English medieval building principles. It is composed of a tall nave, flanked by side aisles below a clerestory

Clerestory

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, and features a crenelated tower with lancet windows. Rose window

Rose window

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s exist at the west end of the nave and along the clerestory. It was the largest Episcopal church in Baltimore upon its completion in 1851.

St. Luke's Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1973.

External links

• St. Luke's Church, Baltimore City, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust