Trinity Episcopal Church [of Houghton]
Posted by: S5280ft
N 47° 07.261 W 088° 34.276
16T E 380814 N 5219810
On the south side of Montezuma Avenue (eastbound US-41) between Quincy and Pewabic Streets. Plenty of parking at the church.
Waymark Code: WMMTT
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2006
Views: 39
Many of the Cornish miners, storekeepers and mining captains who immigrated to this area during the Copper Country mining boom (1842-1860) were Anglicans. On July 17, 1860, the Reverend Samuel A. McCrosky, Episcopal Bishop of Michigan, met with nine Houghton and Hancock businessmen to establish a parish. The group held its first public worship services on September 15, 1860. At its first vestry meeting, on July 13, 1861, the name Trinity Church was adopted. The present Jacobsville sandstone church was completed in 1910. Located on the site of an earlier wooden church, the present building has an interior design influenced by the Oxford Movement. The sanctuary's attractive wood carvings are the handiwork of Aloysius Lang of Oberammergau.
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: Local Site #1319
Historical Date: Not listed
Historical Name: Not listed
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