St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Eden, North Carolina)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Facade
Location604 Morgan Rd., Eden, North Carolina
Coordinates36°31′1″N 79°45′39″W / 36.51694°N 79.76083°W / 36.51694; -79.76083
Arealess than one acre
Built1926
ArchitectJ.W. Hopper; Jim Chatham
Architectural styleMission Gothic
NRHP reference No.89000177[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 1989

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, also known as The Rock Church, is a historic Episcopal church located at 604 Morgan Road in Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a one-story Mission Gothic style solid masonry church. It has a gabled roof that is intersected by gabled transepts and a pointed arch tracery stained glass window. A stained-glass window at St. Luke's was given by Lily Morehead Mebane in memory of her mother, Mary Lily Connally Morehead.[2] It features a three-stage crenellated corner tower.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Resurrection window, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Eden, North Carolina.
  3. ^ Linda Harris Edmiston (September 1988). "St. Luke's Episcopal Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.