Our History
St. Luke's has served Smethport through generations of worship, fellowship, and community life.
Our History
St. Luke's has served Smethport through generations of worship, fellowship, and community life.
Timeline
1842
Historical accounts trace the congregation's first Episcopal services in Smethport to 1842.
1857-1880
An 1890 county history says John C. Hamlin and Charlotte McCoy Hamlin maintained the Sunday school and general church affairs during these years, helping the parish grow strong.
Women who helped build the parish
The same county history credits sisters Hannah McCoy Hamlin and Charlotte McCoy Hamlin with helping establish and sustain Episcopal church life in Smethport. Henry Hamlin contributed substantially toward construction of the church edifice.
1891-1892
The present sandstone church was built in 1891-92 in a 14th-century English Gothic style and consecrated in September 1892. Architect William Halsey Wood designed it.
1949
In the November 3, 1949 issue of The Witness, rector Rodney F. Cobb wrote that Grace Treadwell's mural Christ at the Last Supper was displayed over the chapel altar and had earlier appeared on the magazine's March 31 cover.
Sources and Further Reading
- History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron, and Potter, Pennsylvania, Volume 1, J. H. Beers & Co., 1890, as transcribed by Genealogy Trails.
- The Witness, November 3, 1949, page 23, Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS; letter from the Rev. Rodney F. Cobb.
- Planet Smethport Project for architectural history.
Timeline
1842
Historical accounts trace the congregation's first Episcopal services in Smethport to 1842.
1857-1880
An 1890 county history says John C. Hamlin and Charlotte McCoy Hamlin maintained the Sunday school and general church affairs during these years, helping the parish grow strong.
Women who helped build the parish
The same county history credits sisters Hannah McCoy Hamlin and Charlotte McCoy Hamlin with helping establish and sustain Episcopal church life in Smethport. Henry Hamlin contributed substantially toward construction of the church edifice.
1891-1892
The present sandstone church was built in 1891-92 in a 14th-century English Gothic style and consecrated in September 1892. Architect William Halsey Wood designed it.
1949
In the November 3, 1949 issue of The Witness, rector Rodney F. Cobb wrote that Grace Treadwell's mural Christ at the Last Supper was displayed over the chapel altar and had earlier appeared on the magazine's March 31 cover.
Sources and Further Reading
- History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron, and Potter, Pennsylvania, Volume 1, J. H. Beers & Co., 1890, as transcribed by Genealogy Trails.
- The Witness, November 3, 1949, page 23, Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS; letter from the Rev. Rodney F. Cobb.
- Planet Smethport Project for architectural history.