Trinity Church (Brooklyn, Connecticut)

Old Trinity Church
Location Brooklyn, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°48′0.5466″N 71°55′26.976″W / 41.800151833°N 71.92416000°W / 41.800151833; -71.92416000Coordinates: 41°48′0.5466″N 71°55′26.976″W / 41.800151833°N 71.92416000°W / 41.800151833; -71.92416000
Area Northeast CT, Windham County
Built 1771
Architect Unknown
Architectural style weatherboard/Georgian
NRHP Reference #

70000703

[1]
Added to NRHP October 5, 1970

Trinity Church is an historic church at 7 Providence Road in Brooklyn, Connecticut.

Old Trinity Church in 1907 postcard

Much of the money and effort to build the church came from Anglican churchman Godfrey Malbone, as a response to efforts to build a Congregational meetinghouse. Under Malbone's supervision, Trinity Church was finished in April 1771, ahead of the Congregational church. It is the oldest surviving Anglican church building in Connecticut.[2] It is modeled on churches designed by Peter Harrison, and was built in part with the labor of slaves supplied by Malbone.[3]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in October 1970.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Colonial Meetinghouses of New England". Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Trinity Church" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-17.



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