St. Luke's Church Restoration

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, a Gothic Revival structure, was built in Cahaba in 1854 during the town’s antebellum prosperity. After Cahaba’s decline, the church was dismantled in 1878 and relocated to Martin’s Station, where it served Episcopal and later African-American Baptist congregations for more than a century. In 2006–2008, Auburn University’s Rural Studio returned and reassembled the building at Old Cahawba Archaeological Park, preserving most of its original timbers. The Cahaba Foundation has since led efforts to restore and preserve the church. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982, St. Luke’s now stands across from the park’s visitor center as a significant part of Alabama’s architectural and cultural heritage.