St. Luke's Chapel (Rutherfordton, North Carolina)
St. Luke's Chapel | |
Location | Jct. of Hospital Dr. and Old Twitty Ford Rd., Rutherfordton, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°21′41″N 81°57′56″W / 35.36139°N 81.96556°WCoordinates: 35°21′41″N 81°57′56″W / 35.36139°N 81.96556°W |
Built | 1908 |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Vernacular Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 91001470[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 26, 1991 |
St. Luke's Chapel is a historic chapel located in Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
The chapel was commissioned by Dr. and Mrs. Henry Norris of Philadelphia, founders of , to serve its staff and patients, arising out of the Social Gospel Movement.[2]
Completed in 1908, it is a small, one-story, frame, vernacular Gothic Revival style gable-front building. A one-story gable-roofed frame wing was added about 1915. It was restored in 1945 and again in 1965, and had its exterior renovated in 1991.[3] It is the oldest building on the grounds of Rutherford Hospital, and the only remaining original building.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Carolyn A. Humphries (April 1991). "St. Luke's Chapel" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ "St. Luke's Chapel", MyRutherfordRegional.com, Rutherford Regional Health System, retrieved February 4, 2016
Categories:
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Churches completed in 1908
- Churches in Rutherford County, North Carolina
- Carpenter Gothic church buildings in North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Rutherford County, North Carolina
- 1908 establishments in North Carolina
- Rutherfordton, North Carolina
- Western North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- North Carolina church stubs