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The Plaskett Family

More than a century on the Big Sur coast

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Reason and Robert Plaskett Build St Lukes Church

· 1879

The Plaskett brothers crossed the mountains to raise St. Luke's at Jolon, stained glass and all, in 1879.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church at Jolon, built in 1884 by Reason Plaskett and his brothers Robert and Marion — parishioners gathered among the oaks
St. Luke's Episcopal Church at Jolon, built in 1884 by Reason Plaskett and his brothers Robert and Marion — parishioners gathered among the oaks

In 1879 St. Lukes Episcopal church was built in Jolon. Reason and Robert Plaskett came out from Pacific Valley on the coast side to build it. The beautiful stained glass windows were sent over from England by Sir Smythe-Piggott, Alice Duttons husband.

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