In 1871, W.W. Patrick, a reverend in Waco, was appointed to minister St. Luke's one Sunday a month with John C. Moore, a lay reader, performing services the other weeks.

Patrick signed a contract to construct a 27-foot by 39-foot “rock house with a recess channel, semi-gothic in style.” At the time, the cost for the endeavor was $3,000 — about $57,000 adjusted for inflation — and the stones were to be cut from Bell County quarries.

Although construction of the building was completed in 1874, the new church was not consecrated by Alexander Gregg, the Episcopal bishop for Texas, until April 18, 1875.

However, by the 1960s things had picked up to the point that the congregation had outgrown their original building and on Sept. 10, 1968, a groundbreaking was held for a new church.

After its deconsecration, the building was sold to the Belton Fine Arts Association for $3,000, about $14,000 adjusted for inflation.