The story of Nashua's short-lived St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a rather sad one in the annals of the city's religious history. Seen in this vintage photo taken not long after it was built in the 1860s, St. Luke's was at the fork of East Pearl (left) and Temple (right) streets, but due to "poor construction" and its "remote situation," according to old Telegraph accounts, the church was abandoned less than 20 years after it was built. In the 1870s, Episcopal Bishop William Woodruff Niles assembled a new congregation he named The Church of the Good Shepherd, which held services in a building at Main and Factory streets until enough funds were raised to build the Church of the Good Shepherd we know today. Dedicated in 1878, the church has stood at 214 Main St. ever since. (From The Telegraph files)

The story of Nashua’s short-lived St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is a rather sad one in the annals of the city’s religious history. Seen in this vintage photo taken not long after it was built in the 1860s, St. Luke’s was at the fork of East Pearl (left) and Temple (right) streets, but due to ‘poor construction’ and its ‘remote situation,’ according to old Telegraph accounts, the church was abandoned less than 20 years after it was built. In the 1870s, Episcopal Bishop William Woodruff Niles assembled a new congregation he named The Church of the Good Shepherd, which held services in a building at Main and Factory streets until enough funds were raised to build the Church of the Good Shepherd we know today. Dedicated in 1878, the church has stood at 214 Main St. ever since.