St. Luke's, Queen Anne's County

St. Luke’s Parish began as the “Up River Chapel” of St. Paul’s Parish. It became an independent parish by an Act of the Maryland General Assembly on December 1, 1728. The present building in Church Hill was finished in 1732 at a cost of 140,000 pounds of tobacco, or about 584 pounds, and has remained structurally intact to this day. At the time that it was built it was the largest church in Maryland. It is considered an outstanding example of Eighteenth Century design. The gambrel roof of the main structure is distinctive in itself, and its use on the semicircular apse, as well, is an unusual feature on the Eastern Shore.