[State Historical Survey Committee Marker: St. Luke's Church]

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Photograph of the State Historical Survey Committee marker for St. Luke's Church in Denison, Texas. Text: Denison's oldest house of worship and oldest episcopal sanctuary in Grayson County. Site given by Denison town company and visitation by the Rt. Rev. Alexander Gregg, first bishop of Texas, in May 1873. Cornerstone was laid in 1875 by the Rt. Rev. A.C. Garrett bishop of Missionary District of Northern Texas. Church was consecrated by him in 1876. The original building forms nave of the present church.

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1 photograph : col. ; 2462 x 1588 px.

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West, Carolyn Effie 2011-12/2012-03.

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Photograph of the State Historical Survey Committee marker for St. Luke's Church in Denison, Texas. Text: Denison's oldest house of worship and oldest episcopal sanctuary in Grayson County. Site given by Denison town company and visitation by the Rt. Rev. Alexander Gregg, first bishop of Texas, in May 1873. Cornerstone was laid in 1875 by the Rt. Rev. A.C. Garrett bishop of Missionary District of Northern Texas. Church was consecrated by him in 1876. The original building forms nave of the present church.

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1 photograph : col. ; 2462 x 1588 px.

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  • [Photograph of St. Luke's Church], stlukes2

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  • 2011-12/2012-03

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  • 1873 - 2012

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  • Nov. 1, 2012, 8:27 p.m.

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West, Carolyn Effie. [State Historical Survey Committee Marker: St. Luke's Church], photograph, 2011-12/2012-03; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth256918/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of Carolyn West.

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