| Trinity Episcopal Church | |
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Trinity Episcopal Church in 2011 |
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| Basic information | |
| Location | 130 N. West St. Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Affiliation | Episcopal Church |
| Leadership | Rev. Canon Linda Potter |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Treat & Folts |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1881 |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Added to NRHP: | January 9, 1978 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 78003108 |
Trinity Episcopal Church is a historical Gothic Revival Episcopal church in Wheaton, Illinois. Three families from Wheaton area farms organized the establishment of an Episcopal church in 1875. Bishop William E. McLaren held the first services were performed in the local Universalist church, was on the site now occupied by the DuPage County Historical Museum. After six years of sharing the church, the congregation decided to erect their own. It was constructed in 1881 and has been in continuous use since June 30, 1882. Common to churches built at the time, the church was in the "Prairie Gothic" style. A Kimball pipe organ was installed in 1894 and new light fixtures added in 1926. An extension was added in the 1950s to permit a larger congregation. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. A renovation and expansion project modernized some aspects of the church in 1997.