St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Rochester, New York, 1817-1967 Sesquicentennial Portfolio

Four reproductions of drawings by Ralph Avery. St. Luke's Church is the oldest public building in Rochester. It was built in 1824-5 and was Nathaniel Rochester's home church for many years. It is located at 17 South Fitzhugh Street, in the middle of downtown Rochester. According to the Landmark Society, it is the oldest surviving public building in the city of Rochester and an unusually early example of 19th-century Gothic Revival style. It's located right downtown across from Irving Place and next to Rochester Arts Academy. The organization of St. Luke's Parish was effected by the Rev. Henry U. Onderdonk," Rector of St. John's Church, Canandaigua, and Missionary in parts adjacent," on the 14th day of July, 1817, under the corporate name of "St. Luke's Church, Genesee Falls."--Roc Wiki. Ralph Avery (1907–1976) was an American landscape painter and watercolorist based in Rochester, New York. He recorded city streets, churches, trees, iron fences, and the ambiance of Rochester, New York. He also painted in Mexico, the West Indies, Europe, and Northern Africa.--Wikipedia