St. Luke's Episcopal Church - Park City, Utah - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

I found this neat old church while out waymarking in the area. After looking at the National Register listings, I noticed it had been listed even though it doesn't have a NRHP marker but a Park City Centennial Commission marker instead, stating it had been nominated to the NRHP.

The marker on the building reads:

In the late 1870s Park City reputation for ore deposits spread nationwide, and its accessibility was guaranteed by the arrival of the rails. Episcopalian ministers began to include the town of their missionary circut. By the late 1880s a small but stable Episcopalian congragation was established in Park City. A church was built two blocks south of this site in 1890 but was destroyed in the disastrous fire of 1898.

At the turn of the century the Episcopalian congregation was flourishing. In 1901 a volunteer labor force was used to construct this one story, frame, rectangular chapel in a simplified Gothic style.

Reflecting the fluctuations in Park City's population and fortunes, the church was inactive and deconsecrated from 1947 to 1960. Services resumed in 1964, but the building was dilapidated from abandonment and disuse. Interest in restoration began in 1978. Exterior elements have been carefully retained, while the interior has been modernized to serve the needs of its now thriving membership.

Street address: 523 Park Ave. Park City, Utah United States County / Borough / Parish: Summit Year listed: 1980 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899 Historic function: Religion Current function: Religion Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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