On 3 February 1904 the foundation stone of St Luke's Church was laid by His Excellency, Sir Herbert Chermside, Governor of Queensland.

Architect, John Smith Murdoch, was commissioned to design a church which would utilise fully the limited site area.

John Steward & Co constructed St Luke's which was dedicated on 14 August 1904 by the Administrator, the Venerable Arthur Evan David, Archdeacon of Brisbane.

[4] The ceremony was well attended by prominent clergy members and, as the church could only seat 402 people, entry was restricted to ticket holders only.

The Mission was an evangelistic group which worked amongst the disadvantaged supplying food and shelter for the destitute and saving young girls from moral degradation.

[1] During the First World War Canon David Garland, resident Chaplain of St Luke's, was Director of the Soldiers Church of England Help Society and the Mission corresponded with servicemen at the front.

An Anzac Club was opened at St Luke's for returned soldiers and the hall was used for Sunday teas and dances.

[1] During the Second World War St Luke's provided a meeting place and Saturday night dances for soldiers stationed in Brisbane.

[1] St Luke's is a finely detailed brick building in the Romanesque style whose predominant feature is the massive relieving archway containing vertical openings at the end of the chancel.