Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, Newport County, RI
Summary
Significance: Built in 1725-1726, to replace an earlier structure, Trinity Church served the congregation organized in 1698 by Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant-Governor of New York and later Governor of Virginia and Maryland. Similar in design to the original Christ Church, Boston, Richard Munday's Trinity Church was inspired by the work of Sir Christopher Wren. In 1762, the church was lengthened by the addition of two bays to the east.
Survey number: HABS RI-102
Building/structure dates: 1726 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1762 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 68000004
Tags
Date
1939 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Munday, Richard
Washington, George
Isham, Norman Morrison
Location
newport, 41.48755, -71.31289
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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