St. Luke's Episcopal Church, a NYS Landmark Sacred Site, Open House

East Hampton, NY – St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at18 James Lane has been recognized as a NY Landmarks Sacred Site along with other houses of worship in the state. St. Luke’s will be participating in an open house tour titled Welcoming Our Neighbors. On May 18, there will be a tour of St. Luke’s paintings by acclaimed artist Claus Hoie from 10 AM to 11AM; later that day there will be a guided tour and history of St. Luke’s from 2PM to 3PM. On May 19, St. Luke's will celebrate Pentecost with festive services at 8 and 10, to which all are welcome. For more information, contact St. Luke's office 631-329-0990 tower18@stlukeseasthampton.org

The original St. Luke’s, a wooden structure, was consecrated in 1859. Prior to that, services were held at Clinton Academy. In 1907, flaky, multi-hued black mica stones were brought to East Hampton to construct the stone edifice of the current church. The stones were blasted from beneath the East River when the first subway tunnel was built to connect Queens to Manhattan.

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