In a message dated 6/15/2001 8:56:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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> Trinity Church has a website.



Ok, ready Ralph?  See www.trinitywallstreet.org/timeline.html.

Here's the site chronology from that site. I have heard the Trinity
historical collections/archives are impressive.

1698
The first building to house Trinity's worshipers was a modest rectangular
structure with a gambrel roof and small porch. According to historical
records, Captain Kidd lent his runner and tackle for hoisting the stones.

[Sounds like he got reformed! -- Julip]

1750
A mysterious fire damages the steeple and destroys the Charity School and all
records of parish baptisms, marriages and burials to that point. The school
was rebuilt and the steeple replaced in 1762 after being destroyed by a
lightning-induced fire.

September 1776
The original church structure and Charity School are destroyed by a fire that
sweeps through New York City. Nearly 500 houses are burned down; thousands of
New Yorkers are left homeless.

1790
The second Trinity Church structure, begun in 1788, is consecrated.

1839
Weakened by heavy snows in the winter of 1838/39, the second church structure
is torn down.

May 21, 1846
On Ascension Day, the third, and current, church building is consecrated.
Designed by American Institute of Architects co-founder Richard Upjohn, it is
now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This church building
is one of the first and finest examples of Neo-Gothic architecture in the
United States.

Mary (more than you ever wanted to know) Krugman