Trinity Church in the City of Boston

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Episcopal church historic church landmark building parish church

Trinity Church in the City of Boston is a historic Episcopal church renowned for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and prominent location in Boston’s Back Bay.

Aliases (3)

Trinity Church, Boston ×4
Trinity Church ×1
earlier Trinity Church building in downtown Boston ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Episcopal church → historic church → landmark building → parish church →
address	206 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts →
architect	H. H. Richardson → Henry Hobson Richardson →
architecturalStyle	Richardsonian Romanesque → Romanesque Revival architecture →
category	Churches in Boston, Massachusetts → Episcopal churches in Massachusetts → National Historic Landmarks in Boston, Massachusetts → Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Massachusetts →
completionDate	1877 →
constructionStartDate	1872 →
country	United States of America →
diocese	Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts →
groundbreakingDate	1872 →
hasDenominationRite	Anglican liturgy →
hasFeature	Greek-cross floor plan → central tower → extensive interior murals → polychromatic stone exterior → stained glass windows →
hasParishStatus	active parish →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark →
heritageDesignationDate	1970 →
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places →
locatedInCity	Boston →
locatedInCountry	United States →
locatedInCounty	Suffolk County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
locatedInNeighborhood	Back Bay →
locatedInRegion	New England →
locatedInState	Massachusetts →
locatedOnSquare	Copley Square →
namedAfter	Holy Trinity →
notableFor	Richardsonian Romanesque architecture → influence on American church architecture → prominent location on Copley Square →
NRHPListingDate	1970 →
NRHPType	National Historic Landmark →
openedForUseDate	1877 →
province	Province I of the Episcopal Church →
publicAccess	open to visitors →
reasonForNewBuilding	original church destroyed in the Great Boston Fire of 1872 →
religiousDenomination	Anglican Communion → Episcopal Church →
replaced	earlier Trinity Church building in downtown Boston →
usesLanguage	English →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Copley station ("Trinity Church") → John Hancock Tower, Boston ("Trinity Church, Boston") →	nearbyLandmark
Art Square ("Trinity Church, Boston") →	associatedWith
Back Bay →	contains
Copley station →	hasConnectionTo
Back Bay →	hasLandmark
Copley Square →	hasNearbyLandmark
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel →	nearby
Richardsonian Romanesque ("Trinity Church, Boston") →	notableExample
Henry Hobson Richardson ("Trinity Church, Boston") →	notableWork
Trinity Church in the City of Boston ("earlier Trinity Church building in downtown Boston") →	replaced