Trinity Episcopal Church, Oshkosh

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building_name=Trinity Episcopal Church


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location=Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
latitude=44.0188
longitude=-88.5402
religious_affiliation= Episcopal, Anglican
district=Diocese of Fond du Lac
consecration_year=1887 (current building)
status=Parish church
province=Province V
leadership=The Rev. Steven Powers, Rector
website= [http://www.diofdl.org/church.asp?page=Oshkosh Trinity Episcopal Church]
architect=William Waters
architecture_type=Church
architecture_style=Richardsonian Romanesque
facade_direction=northeast
year_completed=1887 (current building)
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materials=stoneInfobox nrhp
name=Trinity Episcopal Church
added=1974
refnum=74000145

Trinity Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at 203 Algoma Boulevard in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a city on the western shore of Lake Winnebago. Trinity is a parish in the Diocese of Fond du Lac, and the only Episcopal church in Oshkosh. The congregation first met in 1850, and organized as Trinity Episcopal Church in 1854 [http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/wi/fonddulac1925/parishes.html "Oshkosh: Trinity Church"] , "History of the Diocese of Fond du Lac and Its Several Congregations", A. Parker Curtiss, 1925. Retrieved on 26 April 2008.] . The current church building was built in 1887, and is an example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. Trinity was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Winnebago/state2.html Wisconsin: Winnebago County] , National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved on 26 April 2008.] .

History

Missionary priest Franklin R. Haff held the first Episcopal service in Oshkosh in 1850. The parish was briefly organized as St. Peter's parish, then reorganized as Trinity Episcopal Church in 1854, with David W. Tolford serving as first rector. The first church building was a wooden structure built and consecrated in 1857, and located at Algoma Boulevard and Division street. In 1887, the original building was razed. The current stone structure, a Richardsonian Romanesque design by architect William Waters, was built on the same site.

References

External links

* [http://www.episcopalfonddulac.org The Diocese of Fond du Lac]
* [http://www.episcopalchurch.org The Episcopal Church]
* [http://www.anglicancommunion.org The Anglican Communion]