St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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Episcopal Church of the Resurrection
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Front and western side of the church
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| Location | 7346-7348 Kirkwood La., Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°7′36″N 84°42′10″W / 39.12667°N 84.70278°WCoordinates: 39°7′36″N 84°42′10″W / 39.12667°N 84.70278°W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1877 |
| Architect | Samuel Hannaford, et al |
| MPS | Samuel Hannaford and Sons TR in Hamilton County |
| NRHP reference # | 77001064 |
| Added to NRHP | April 13, 1977 |
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, formerly the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, is a historic Episcopal church in the Sayler Park neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Designed in the 1870s by master architect Samuel Hannaford, it has been named a historic site.
The community of Fernbank was platted by Charles W. Short in 1875; it was a separate community for more than one-third of a century before annexation into Cincinnati as that city's Sayler Park neighborhood in 1911. Within a year of its establishment, Episcopalians in the community began meeting for worship, using each other's homes at first. The situation changed in 1877, as Short and his brother John Cleves Short donated money to erect a church building for the congregation in honor of their deceased parents. An English Gothic-influenced design was chosen, and Samuel Hannaford was hired as the architect. At this time, Hannaford was going through a time of transition: he was suddenly well known as the designer of the new Music Hall near downtown, and after many years of partnership, he was beginning to operate his firm by himself. St. Luke's is typical of Hannaford's churches from the period, most of which were stone Gothic Revival structures.
One story tall, St. Luke's is a simple rectangle in its floor plan, with ends that rise to steep gables. A small bell gable is placed at one end, sitting atop rubble masonry walls, while a large circular window sits under it at the center of the gable. On one side sits an ornate frame-built vestibule with large timbers visible for structural support. These elements, together with the small ogive windows set into the walls, lend the building the appearance of an English country church.
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