Trinity Episcopal Church - Toledo, OH
N 41° 39.155 W 083° 32.005
17T E 289042 N 4614304
Trinity Episcopal Church is a NRHP listed church built in 1863 in Toledo, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM1955F
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2023
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Trinity Episcopal Church, the first Episcopal parish in Toledo, began in early 1837 when Toledo was a newly incorporated city of around 2,000 people. Early services were held in private homes, a courtroom, and a schoolhouse. Trinity was chartered in February 1842, and later that year members elected the first vestry. Toledo’s well-deserved reputation for mud, mosquitoes and malaria made it difficult for early vestries to secure clergy leadership. From 1842 to 1848, thirteen priests were called, but only six came and only one stayed for more than a year. But in March 1848, the Rev. Henry Walbridge accepted the job of rector and remained at Trinity for the next twenty years.
In 1844, Trinity paid one dollar to acquire the property at the corner of Adams and St. Clair Streets from the American Land Company. In 1845 the first building was completed, a simple white clapboard structure in the style of a New England church, and Trinity Episcopal Church has stood in the heart of downtown Toledo ever since. To meet the needs of the growing congregation, the current modified Gothic stone building was built in 1863-1866. It is one of the oldest structures in continuous use in downtown Toledo, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.-
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