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Holy Trinity Church, also known as Old Swedes, is a historic church at East 7th and Church Street in Wilmington, Delaware. It was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, June 4, 1699, by a predominantly Swedish congregation formerly of the colony of New Sweden. [3] The church is among the few surviving public buildings that reflect the Swedish colonial ...
Old Swedes' Church. Old Swedes' Church is located in Wilmington about a block from Fort Christina, where the New Sweden colony was first established. Built in 1698, it is one of the oldest churches in the United States. It was built on the original burial site for Fort Christina and so its cemetery contains graves dating back to the 1630s.
Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church: Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church. November 5, 1961 : Wilmington New Castle: The oldest surviving church from New ...
In 1958 the house was moved to Wilmington, Delaware. The Hendrickson House is part of Old Swedes Historic Site, which includes Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes) (1698–99) and burial ground (1638), a National Historic Landmark.
Gloria Dei Church, known locally as Old Swedes ', is a historic church located in the Southwark neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 929 South Water Street, bounded by Christian Street on the north, South Christopher Columbus Boulevard (formerly Delaware Avenue) on the east, and Washington Avenue on the south.
Wilmington, Delaware from Chester, Pennsylvania: 1690 Residence Moved from Chester, PA to Wilmington, DE in 1958 Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes) Wilmington, Delaware: 1698 Religious Oldest Swedish Church in the United States Brecknock: Camden, Delaware: ca. 1700 Residence Dutch House: Newcastle, Delaware: 1701 Residence Built either in the mid ...
Old Swedes' Church may refer to: Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes) in Wilmington, Delaware; Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; St. James Kingsessing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is often called "Old Swedes" Trinity Church (Old Swedes' Church) in Swedesboro, New Jersey
1655 - Fort taken from Swedes by Dutch forces of Peter Stuyvesant. [1] 1664 - English in power. [1] 1682 - New Sweden becomes part of the English colonial Province of Pennsylvania. [1] 1698 - Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes) built. [1] 1731 - Landowner Thomas Willing names his property "Willingtown" (renamed "Wilmington" around 1739). [1] 1739