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The church was built 1910–1912 to the designs of Joseph Hubert McGuire.It has a dome of Guastavino tile.According to Frederick D. Taylor in his article Medieval New York - Holy Trinity Church the church was built deliberately in the Byzantine style, unusual for the time, and has been "considered to be one of the finest examples of Byzantine architecture in this country."
The congregation was founded in 1868 after splitting from St. James's Lutheran Church. Most New York Lutherans were German in the nineteenth century, and "Holy Trinity was one of a very few English-speaking Lutheran congregations. The first church was at 47 West 21st Street, in the edifice originally built for St. Paul's Reformed Dutch Church." [3]
Trinity continued to be the tallest in New York City, with its 281-foot (86 m) spire and cross, until it was surpassed in 1890 by the New York World Building. [ 18 ] In 1876–1877, a reredos and altar were erected in memory of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. , to the designs of architect Frederick Clarke Withers .
A mission church was built on this land from 1895 to 1899, designed by Barney and Chapman. [1] It was consecrated on May 6, 1899. [6] Although the mission was administered by St. James, it was called Holy Trinity. [1] It became its own parish in 1951. The church complex includes St. Christopher House and a parsonage. [1]
James Renwick, Jr., is the architect of Trinity Church Cemetery and further updates were made by Calvert Vaux. [5] The uptown cemetery is also the center of the Heritage Rose District of New York City. A no-longer-extant Trinity Parish burial ground was the Old Saint John's Burying Ground for St. John's Chapel.
The Holy Trinity Church, St. Christopher House and Parsonage is a historic Episcopal church located at 312-316 and 332 East 88th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The building was built in 1897. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
The Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, at 319–337 East 74th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, is a Neo-Byzantine-style Greek Orthodox church. [2] [3] It serves as the national cathedral of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and as the episcopal seat of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. [2] [3]
Holy Trinity Church, St. Christopher House and Parsonage, Manhattan, New York City; Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church Complex (Niagara Falls, New York) Church of the Holy Trinity (Hertford, North Carolina) Holy Trinity Anglican Church (Raleigh, North Carolina) Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church, Wilton, North Dakota; Holy Trinity ...