St. Luke's Episcopal Church

85 Greenway South | Forest Hills | built 1926

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1925
Parishioner and neighbor Robert Tappan designs St. Luke's without charging a fee
Architect Robert Tappan, who lived in Forest Hills Gardens and belonged to the parish, drew the plans for St. Luke's Episcopal Church and accepted no fees for the work. The first of the church's three building phases was finished in 1925.
“Tappan was a resident of Forest Hills Gardens and a member of the church, and took no fees for his work.”
Source: Wikipedia
1940
The third building phase completes a Collegiate Gothic church meant to match the Gardens
St. Luke's went up in stages, with phases finished in 1925, 1929 and 1940. Its Collegiate Gothic design, with touches of the Arts and Crafts movement, was picked so the church would sit comfortably among the houses of the affluent Forest Hills Gardens development around it.
Source: Wikipedia
2010
St. Luke's is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
In 2010 St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Forest Hills was added to the National Register of Historic Places, recognizing the church that architect Robert Tappan designed for his own parish and built in three phases between 1925 and 1940.
“The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.”
Source: Wikipedia

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