Looking UP

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Trinity Episcopal Church, now known as Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, is the first Episcopal and the... more

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Looking UP

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Lisa Wooten

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Featured: ABC H is for Height 11/20/2018

Trinity Episcopal Church, now known as Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, is the first Episcopal and the oldest surviving sanctuary in Columbia, South Carolina. It is a Gothic Revival church that is modeled after York Minster in York, England. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1971.[1][2][3]

Trinity Church is on east side of Sumter Street between Gervais and Senate Streets. It is directly east of the South Carolina State House. The Gothic Revival church was designed by Edward Brickell White and calls to mind the medieval York Minster. The cornerstone was laid on November 26, 1845, by the rector, Peter Shand. Although the church had a cruciform design, only the nave and the twin towers were constructed. Each tower had eight pinnacles topped with a fleur de lis. The brick structure was plastered with buff stucco. The towers and walls have shouldered buttresses. The nave has a clerestory, which is the only one in a Columbia church. The roof is supported on exposed wooden beams.[2][3] Bishop Gadsden consecrated the church on February 14, 1857.[5][7][8]

The baptismal font donated by John S. Preston was sculpted by Hiram Powers.[2][3] This was later donated to the Church of the Nativity in Union, South Carolina and replaced by another Preston family donation sculpted by Hiram Powers.[5]

Around 1860, the stained-glass windows from Munich were added around 1860. In 1861 and 1862, which were the early years of the Confederacy, the transepts and an apsidal chancel were constructed under the direction of Edward Brickell White.[2][3] In 1890, a memorial stained-glass window in honor of Dr. Peter Shand was installed in the chancel.[3][5] Later in the decade, additions included a Jardine chancel organ, choir stalls, a choir room, the eagle lectern, and the pulpit. Wikipedia

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