Trinity Episcopal Church (Mobile, Alabama)

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Trinity Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Trinity Episcopal Church in 2008.
Trinity Episcopal Church in 2008.
Location: 1900 Dauphin Street
Mobile, Alabama
Built/Founded: 1853-57
Architect: Frank Wills; Henry Dudley
Architectural style(s): Gothic Revival
Added to NRHP: 20 August 1990[1][2]
NRHP Reference#: 90001240[2]
Governing body: Private

Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic church in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was the first large Gothic Revival church built in Alabama. The design was by architects Frank Wills and Henry Dudley.[2][3]

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[edit] History

Trinity Episcopal Church was established in 1845 as the second Episcopal congregation in Mobile. Christ Church Cathedral was the first. The cornerstone for the building was placed on April 8, 1853. A yellow fever outbreak swept through the city in autumn of that same year and the church's register shows that the rector conducted 49 funerals in the month of September in 1853. This seems to have delayed construction, but the building was finally completed in 1857. It was located at the corner of St. Anthony and Jackson Streets until it was moved, brick by brick, to Dauphin Street in 1945.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990[1] and was nominated for, but did not obtain, National Historic Landmark designation.[4]

[edit] Architecture

Trinity Episcopal Church is Gothic Revival, in a Middle Pointed style inspired by 14th century English architecture. The church is built in brick and is an aisled nave-and-chancel structure with a monumental bell tower. This church served to inspire the rector of the Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Huntsville to hire Frank Wills to design a sanctuary for his congregation. The designs for both churches are very similar.[4]

[edit] See also

List of Registered Historic Places in Mobile County, Alabama

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
  2. ^ a b c "Alabama: Mobile County ". "National Register Historic Places". Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  3. ^ a b "The History of Trinity Episcopal Church". "Trinity Episcopal Church". Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  4. ^ a b R. Gamble, Harvie Jones, and Frances Roberts (July 21, 1989), National Landmark Nomination: Episcopal Church of the NativityPDF (910 KiB), National Park Service  and Accompanying 7 photos, exterior and interior, from 1989.PDF (899 KiB)

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