Roper in Washington County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Original Site

— 1836 —

St. Luke's Episcopal Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 28, 2012

1. St. Luke's Episcopal Church Marker

Inscription. Built on Edward Buncombe property purchased from the estate for one dollar. De-consecrated and torn down in 1918. The Church of the Advent Episcopal Church in Roper renamed St. Luke's Episcopal Church. It became St. Luke's-St. Anne's Episcopal Church 1987.

Erected 1999 by Washington Co. Bicentennial Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina. Washington Co. Bicentennial Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1918.

Location. 35° 53.841′ N, 76° 37.598′ W. Marker is in Roper, North Carolina, in Washington County. It is on Cross Road half a mile north of Woodlawn Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Roper NC 27970, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic

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Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Edward Buncombe (approx. 1.6 miles away); Sleepy Hollow (approx. 1.6 miles away); a different marker also named Mackeys Ferry (approx. 2.8 miles away); Battle of Plymouth (approx. 6 miles away); The Return of a Native (approx. 6 miles away); Rehoboth Church (approx. 6½ miles away); Naval Action (approx. 6.6 miles away); Plymouth Massacre (approx. 6.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roper.

Other markers no longer nearby. Buncombe Hall (was approx. 1.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Mackeys Ferry (was approx. 2.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Ransom's Assault (was approx. 6.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

St. Luke Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 28, 2012

2. St. Luke Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 660 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 2, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.