William Halsey Wood is noted for his Gothic Revival work, which, as here, is often composed of simple geometric forms with minimal ornamentation that give it an almost protomodern character. Wood used a textured local sandstone, shallow gabled roof, and a square corner tower with minimal but distinctive windows at each stage. A side chapel
Lu Donnelly et al., "St. Luke's Episcopal Church", [Smethport, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-01-MK3.
Buildings of Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Lu Donnelly, H. David Brumble IV, and Franklin Toker. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, 413-414.
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