Formal Recognition Type

Registered Heritage Structure

Heritage Value

St. Luke’s Anglican Church was designated a Registered Heritage Structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011 due to its aesthetic and historic value. St. Luke’s Anglican Church has aesthetic value as it is a good example of an outport Gothic Revival church. The steeply pitched gable roof tapering to a low pitched roof adds dimension to this modest, pristine building. The pointed arch windows are fixed, multi-paned and have clear glass, except for one stained glass window above the altar. This window was commissioned in memory of church members who died in World War I. The main entrance is located in a peaked roof porch on the right gable end. A tower was added to the rear façade in the mid 1900s. This is the second church in Old Bonaventure bearing the name St. Luke’s. The first was blown down in a wind storm in the late 1800s. Materials from this church, particularly wide hemlock boards from England, were salvaged and used in the construction of the present-day St. Luke’s. St. Luke’s Anglican Church has historic value due to its age and as a physical testament to a way of life once common in small communities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. The church was built between 1890 and 1892 through community effort. An earlier church had been blown down but the community banded together to build a replacement. Men gave freely of their labour to build the new church and many of the items that furnished the interior were donated by church members. The Church of England Women’s Association, later known as the Anglican Church Women, went on to support the church through annual spring and fall sales and by cleaning the interior of the church. The church was an important part of community life for members of the Anglican faith and it had deep ties to other community groups such as the Loyal Orange Lodge and the Society of United Fishermen. Although the church has been deconsecrated and is no longer used for services, its remains on the landscape as a physical reminder of the importance of organized religion in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. Source: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador property file “Old Bonaventure – St. Luke’s Anglican Church – FPT 256”

Character Defining Elements

All those elements which represent the aesthetic and historic value of St. Luke’s Anglican Church, including: -height of structure (including tower with spire); -steeply pitched gable roof tapering to low pitched roof; -slightly kicked eaves on left gable; -boxed eave returns; -original narrow wooden clapboard; -original corner boards; -pointed arch wooden windows size, style, trim and placement; -stained glass window size, style, trim and placement; -original size, style, trim and placement of exterior doors; -size, style, and placement of porch right gable end; -dimension, location and orientation of building, and; -its association with the Anglican religion.

Community

Old Bonaventure

Municipality

Not specified (Newfoundland)

Civic Address

Main Road

Construction (circa)

19700101 - 19700101

Builder

Congregation

Style

Rectangular Long Façade