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St. Luke's Episcopal Church

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St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic church, built during the 1850s at Cahaba, the first capital of Alabama from 1820 to 1826. The unknown builder closely followed plans published by architect Richard Upjohn in his 1852 book Rural Architecture.Gamble, Robert Historic architecture in Alabama: a guide to styles and types, 1810–1930, page 83. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 1990. . Read more on Wikipedia

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