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St. Luke's Chapel (Rutherfordton, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°21′41″N 81°57′56″W / 35.36139°N 81.96556°W / 35.36139; -81.96556
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St. Luke's Chapel
St. Luke's Chapel, January 2013
St. Luke's Chapel (Rutherfordton, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
St. Luke's Chapel (Rutherfordton, North Carolina)
St. Luke's Chapel (Rutherfordton, North Carolina) is located in the United States
St. Luke's Chapel (Rutherfordton, North Carolina)
LocationJct. of Hospital Dr. and Old Twitty Ford Rd., Rutherfordton, North Carolina
Coordinates35°21′41″N 81°57′56″W / 35.36139°N 81.96556°W / 35.36139; -81.96556
Built1908
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Vernacular Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.91001470[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 26, 1991

St. Luke's Chapel is a historic chapel located in Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

The chapel was commissioned by Dr. and Mrs. Henry Norris of Philadelphia, founders of Rutherford Hospital, to serve its staff and patients, arising out of the Social Gospel Movement.[2]

Completed in 1908, it is a small, one-story, frame, vernacular Gothic Revival style gable-front building. A one-story gable-roofed frame wing was added about 1915. It was restored in 1945 and again in 1965, and had its exterior renovated in 1991.[3] It is the oldest building on the grounds of Rutherford Hospital, and the only remaining original building.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Carolyn A. Humphries (April 1991). "St. Luke's Chapel" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. ^ "St. Luke's Chapel", MyRutherfordRegional.com, Rutherford Regional Health System, retrieved February 4, 2016