Saint Luke's Episcopal Church. Wenatchee, Washington State

by Sasha S Fair

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30.000 x 30.000 x 0.200 inches

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Saint Luke's Episcopal Church. Wenatchee, Washington State

Artist

Sasha S Fair

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

Gloomy cold winter sunset light is visible in the background of this gothic old american church painting. This is an old episcopal church in Wenatchee next to an old hospital which is now a senior living house. The cornerstone for the present building was laid on November 23, 1927. The Parish Hall was added in 1957 and contains Sunday school classrooms and a large hall for parish events.

Harold Whitehouse, the architect who designed St. Luke's, took his inspiration from St. Mary's, a small parish church in rural Aldermanbury, England. The combination of Romanesque and a modified Norman architectural style is visible from the exterior in the squared-off tower at the entrance, the blunted buttresses over the east aisle and in the use of "undressed stone." This sandstone was quarried in Dry Gulch, southwest of Wenatchee, and laid by local men under the direction of Goodfellow Brothers, long-time members of St. Luke's parish.

Gothic inspiration is clearly evident in the interior: the soaring effect of the altar and reredos with its lacy tracery woodcarvings beneath the rose window; the vaulting of the ceiling; the ribs at the top of the columns which separate the cast aisle from the nave; and the use of clerestory windows. The Bishop's mitre carved in the stone at the top of the arched windows was copied from Henry VIII's innovation in Kings' College Chapel in Cambridge, England. As knowledge was held in the highest esteem and as the Bishop was "all-knowing", it was only appropriate that his symbol be placed in an elevated position.

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July 4th, 2023

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