NEWTOWN BOROUGH ? For its diminutive size, Newtown Borough is home to many beautiful places of worship. This year, the Newtown Historic Association will feature one of them - St Luke?s Episcopal Church on Washington Avenue - during its Holiday House Tour on Saturday, Dec. 1.
This brick Gothic Revival church dates back to 1832.
Once inside St Luke?s, tour-goers will be transported to a much earlier time - a time when St Luke?s was unheated, when the box pews sported doors to keep out the drafts, when parishioners brought tin foot warmers filled with hot coals to stave off the cold and when church pews were rented to help support the parish.
Since its founding, the building has undergone additions and renovations, all thoughtfully done to retain the style and spirit of the original church.
Tour-goers will appreciate the dark brown random-width floor boards of the church, the white woodwork, the hammered tin ceiling and beams, all softened by the light that streams through the church?s eight stain-glass windows.
The church?s altarpiece, The Coronation of the Virgin, a copy of the 1485 original by Andrea Della Robbia, is the focal point of the sanctuary. The heavy plaster sculpture was created from a first generation cast owned by the Boston Museum and given by the Reeder family to celebrate the centennial of St Luke?s. Unfortunately for the museum, the molds were damaged beyond repair in the casting process, making St Luke?s copy the only one of its kind in the United States. Della Robbia?s terra cotta original is in a convent chapel in Siena, Italy.
On tour day, visitors are invited to stop by St Luke?s for the history, but also enjoy all of the planned activities at the Church.
There will be performances by the church organist and the children?s choir, a mid-day soup luncheon on the second floor of the Parish House, a fresh greens sale outside and a Christmas Charity Bazaar. Proceeds from the bazaar will go to local charities. The bazaar will include homemade baked items, handmade craft, local art, a silent auction and Paul?s Attic.
?Just make Paul an offer and it?s yours,? says Joan Johnston, a parishioner of St Luke?s.
The bazaar is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Holiday House Tour takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Continued...
NEWTOWN BOROUGH ? For its diminutive size, Newtown Borough is home to many beautiful places of worship. This year, the Newtown Historic Association will feature one of them - St Luke?s Episcopal Church on Washington Avenue - during its Holiday House Tour on Saturday, Dec. 1.This brick Gothic Revival church dates back to 1832.
Once inside St Luke?s, tour-goers will be transported to a much earlier time - a time when St Luke?s was unheated, when the box pews sported doors to keep out the drafts, when parishioners brought tin foot warmers filled with hot coals to stave off the cold and when church pews were rented to help support the parish.
Since its founding, the building has undergone additions and renovations, all thoughtfully done to retain the style and spirit of the original church.
Tour-goers will appreciate the dark brown random-width floor boards of the church, the white woodwork, the hammered tin ceiling and beams, all softened by the light that streams through the church?s eight stain-glass windows.
The church?s altarpiece, The Coronation of the Virgin, a copy of the 1485 original by Andrea Della Robbia, is the focal point of the sanctuary. The heavy plaster sculpture was created from a first generation cast owned by the Boston Museum and given by the Reeder family to celebrate the centennial of St Luke?s. Unfortunately for the museum, the molds were damaged beyond repair in the casting process, making St Luke?s copy the only one of its kind in the United States. Della Robbia?s terra cotta original is in a convent chapel in Siena, Italy.
On tour day, visitors are invited to stop by St Luke?s for the history, but also enjoy all of the planned activities at the Church.
There will be performances by the church organist and the children?s choir, a mid-day soup luncheon on the second floor of the Parish House, a fresh greens sale outside and a Christmas Charity Bazaar. Proceeds from the bazaar will go to local charities. The bazaar will include homemade baked items, handmade craft, local art, a silent auction and Paul?s Attic.
?Just make Paul an offer and it?s yours,? says Joan Johnston, a parishioner of St Luke?s.
The bazaar is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Holiday House Tour takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Source: http://buckslocalnews.com/articles/2012/11/18/the_advance/news/doc50a930b81aa79618849233.txt
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