Trinity Church, New York. Trinity Church is a historic parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, whose church is located at 89 Broadway opposite Wall Street, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
Known for its centuries of history, prominent location, distinguished architecture and bountiful endowment, Trinity's congregation is said to be high church, its activities based on the traditions of the Episcopal Church and the worldwide Anglican Communion in missionary outreach, and fellowship. In addition to its main church, Trinity parish maintains two chapels: St. Paul's Chapel, and the Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion on Governors Island.
The Church of the Intercession, the Trinity Chapel Complex and many other of Manhattan's Anglican congregations were once part of Trinity parish. Columbia University was founded on the church's grounds as King's College in 1754.
To some, the congregation epitomizes White Anglo-Saxon Protestant culture in the United States. The current church building is the third to be constructed for the parish, and was designed by Richard Upjohn in the Gothic Revival style.
Trinity's first church was a single-story rectangular structure facing the Hudson River, which was constructed in 1698 and destroyed in the Great New York City Fire of 1776. The parish's second church was built facing Wall Street and was consecrated in 1790. The third and current chu
Known for its centuries of history, prominent location, distinguished architecture and bountiful endowment, Trinity's congregation is said to be high church, its activities based on the traditions of the Episcopal Church and the worldwide Anglican Communion in missionary outreach, and fellowship. In addition to its main church, Trinity parish maintains two chapels: St. Paul's Chapel, and the Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion on Governors Island.
The Church of the Intercession, the Trinity Chapel Complex and many other of Manhattan's Anglican congregations were once part of Trinity parish. Columbia University was founded on the church's grounds as King's College in 1754.
To some, the congregation epitomizes White Anglo-Saxon Protestant culture in the United States. The current church building is the third to be constructed for the parish, and was designed by Richard Upjohn in the Gothic Revival style.
Trinity's first church was a single-story rectangular structure facing the Hudson River, which was constructed in 1698 and destroyed in the Great New York City Fire of 1776. The parish's second church was built facing Wall Street and was consecrated in 1790. The third and current chu
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