St. Luke's Episcopal Church]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Merritt Island, Florida: Florida Historical Society Library, Central Brevard Public Library, Cocoa, Florida.]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Merritt Island, Florida.]]> Florida Historical Society Library, Central Brevard Public Library, Cocoa, Florida.]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church Collection, Merritt Island Collection, Brevard County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Adobe Acrobat Reader]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church.]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
St. Luke's Church is located at 5555 North Tropical Trail in Courtenay, an unincorporated community in Merritt Island, Florida. In the 1870s, the church founding families of LaRoche, Porcher, and Sams migrated from Charleston and John's Island of South Carolina and settled in Courtenay, Florida. The Carpenter Gothic-style church was erected in 1888, with funding from Lucy A. Boardman and land from Edward Porcher. The first resident Vicar of St. Luke's, Reverend Paul A. Perrine Jr., was appointed in 1962 and the congregation began to grow steadily. On November 15, 1974, the church was admitted as a Parish in the Diocese of Central Florida, with Father Perrine as the first rector. The church and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places under the name "Old St. Luke's Episcopal Church and Cemetery" on June 15, 1990.]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church Collection, Merritt Island Collection, Brevard County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The first resident Vicar of St. Luke's, Reverend Paul A. Perrine, Jr., was appointed in 1962 and the congregation began to grow steadily. On November 15, 1974, the church was admitted as a Parish in the Diocese of Central Florida, with Father Perrine as the first rector. The church and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places under the name "Old St. Luke's Episcopal Church and Cemetery" on June 15, 1990.]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church
5555 North Tropical Trail
Merritt Island, Florida 32953]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church Collection, Merritt Island Collection, Brevard County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> St. Luke's Episcopal Church holds all rights to the items housed from the church as well as those items represented digitally on the RICHES MI. Contact St. Luke's Episcopal Church for the proper permissions for the use of its items.]]>