St. Luke's Anglican Church - Woodstock, NB
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N 46° 09.114 W 067° 34.364
19T E 610213 N 5111914
As are a great many churches in the province, St. Luke's Anglican is the most recent house of worship of a congregation of Loyalist settlers which had its beginnings in Woodstock in the 1780s and '90s.
Waymark Code: WMQZM2
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date Posted: 04/19/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mark1962
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The third St. Luke's Anglican in Woodstock, this and its predecessors were all wood framed buildings, this one done in the Carpenter Gothic style and standing on a rubble stone foundation. The carpenters of this church took obvious pride in their work, as the exterior exhibits a good deal of extra attention to detail having been given to the building.

The parish was begun in 1791 with the ordination of Frederick Dibblee to the Holy Order of Deacons. The first St. Luke's Anglican was built in the 1830s and it was the great fire of 1881 which removed the second St. Luke's Anglican from this site. This church was begun shortly after, being completed in 1883 and consecrated on February 2nd of that year.

One of the church's prized possessions is a Casavant Frères Ltée. pipe organ, Opus 89, installed in 1898.
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St. Luke's Anglican Church

DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE
St. Luke’s Anglican Church, built in Carpenter Gothic style, is a wooden structure with clapboard siding on a slightly elevated lot on the corner of Church and Main streets in Woodstock.

HERITAGE VALUE
St. Luke’s Anglican Church is designated a Local Historic Place for its spiritual and architectural values.

St. Luke’s Anglican Church has spiritual value because it represents the Episcopal (Anglican) beliefs of many of Woodstock’s Loyalist settlers. Completed in 1884, St. Luke’s Anglican Church is the third Anglican Church to be erected on this site, its uncompleted predecessor having been destroyed by the Woodstock Fire of 1881. The first church was erected on this site as early as the 1830's, linking the site to the early beginnings of the Anglican Church in Woodstock.

St. Luke's Anglican Church is a good example of ecclesiastical Carpenter Gothic architecture in Woodstock. This style is evident in such details as the central tower on the front façade and the Gothic arch windows. Its exterior is in original form with the exception of a recently added access ramp. Inside, the sanctuary has undergone only minor modifications including electric lighting and additional stained glass windows. The interior décor, including the woodwork and spatial configuration, remains intact.

CHARACTER-DEFINING ELEMENTS
The character-defining elements that describe the exterior of St. Luke’s Anglican Church include:
- location on the corner of Main and Church streets on the site of two previous churches and in close proximity to other area churches;
- two-storey rectangular massing;
- wooden clapboard siding;
- Gothic arch windows;
- clerestory windows;
- decorated tower, steeple and spires.

The character-defining elements that describe the interior of St. Luke’s Anglican Church include:
- stained and coloured glass windows;
- clerestory and windows;
- pine woodwork covered with shellac;
- ornamental vaulted wooden truss work;
- wooden decoration and windows of chancel area;
- black oak and walnut pews and altar area;
- ornamental Casavant organ pipes.
From Historic Places Canada
Active Church: Yes

School on property: No

Date Built: 02/02/1883

Service Times: 10:30 A.M. Sunday

Website: [Web Link]
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