St. Luke's Episcopal Church
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Queens, NY
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Forest Hills was built in three phases completed in 1925, 1929, and 1940, designed by architect Robert Tappan, a resident of Forest Hills Gardens and a member of the congregation who took no fee for his work. The Collegiate Gothic style, touched with Arts and Crafts details, was chosen to blend with the houses of the surrounding Forest Hills Gardens development.
the building
The 1950 parish house. A parish house was added in 1950, designed by architect Steward Wagner, another Forest Hills Gardens resident who belonged to the nearby Church-in-the-Gardens.
the style
The Collegiate Gothic design, with Arts and Crafts influences, was picked specifically to harmonize with the upscale houses of Forest Hills Gardens rather than to stand apart from them.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
Robert Tappan lived in Forest Hills Gardens and worshipped at St. Luke's, and donated his design work on the church without charge.
significance
The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
nearby
- Ridgewood Savings Bank, Forest Hills Branch
- Church of the Resurrection
- Public School 66
- Rego Park Jewish Center
- King Manor
- Grace Episcopal Church Complex