St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Asheville, North Carolina)
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic
Carpenter Gothic
Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic, and Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters...

-style Episcopal
Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...

 church building located at 219 Chunn's Cove Road, in the Chunn's Cove neighborhood of Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The City is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center , which is the world's largest active...

. Built in 1894 at a cost of $728, St. Luke's was designed by E. J. Armstrong, a member of the congregation. The first service was held on September 17, 1894.

On September 30, 1997, St, Luke's was added to the National Register of Historic Places
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St. Luke's is still a small but active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina
Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina
The Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina is a diocese in the Episcopal Church. It consists of 27 counties in western North Carolina and its episcopal see is in Asheville, North Carolina, seated at Cathedral of All Souls....

. The Rev. Patty Mouer is the current rector.

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