Trinity Church (P. E), 651 Pequot Rd, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Trinity Church of Southport was designed by Bridgeport and Cincinnati architect Albert C. Nash and erected during the years 1854-56. Because of the building`s near total destruction by wind during a tornado on January 1, 1862, the church was completely rebuilt as originally planned, with a few structural alterations. The simple rectangular block is topped by a pitched roof and fronted by a central tower and slender polygonal spire. The tower parapet with Gothic corner pinnacles and the crenelated roof parapet enrich while softening the austere appearance of the front facade`s symmetrical arrangement and the regularity which pervades the total design. Trinity is an excellent work of early Gothic Revival church architecture in wood, patterned after Ithiel Town`s model Trinity Church (1814-17) in New Haven and Benjamin Latrobe`s Christ Church (1808) in Washington, D.C. This mode was quite popular through the rural Northeast after the first decades of the 19th century with the colonies` toleration of religious diversity and the Episcopal Church`s subsequent expansion. This building was the fifth church erected by the Episcopal Society of Fairfield; the first was built in Mill Plain in 1725 when the Congregational Faith and Order was still the established church of Connecticut (remaining so until the early 19th century). The parish has grown in numbers and activeness since its beginnings here in the 1850s and remains a strong centralizing force within the community to the present day.
Trinity Church (P. E), 651 Pequot Rd, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Trinity Church of Southport was designed by Bridgeport and Cincinnati architect Albert C. Nash and erected during the years 1854-56. Because of the building`s near total destruction by wind during a tornado on January 1, 1862, the church was completely rebuilt as originally planned, with a few structural alterations. The simple rectangular block is topped by a pitched roof and fronted by a central tower and slender polygonal spire. The tower parapet with Gothic corner pinnacles and the crenelated roof parapet enrich while softening the austere appearance of the front facade`s symmetrical arrangement and the regularity which pervades the total design. Trinity is an excellent work of early Gothic Revival church architecture in wood, patterned after Ithiel Town`s model Trinity Church (1814-17) in New Haven and Benjamin Latrobe`s Christ Church (1808) in Washington, D.C. This mode was quite popular through the rural Northeast after the first decades of the 19th century with the colonies` toleration of religious diversity and the Episcopal Church`s subsequent expansion. This building was the fifth church erected by the Episcopal Society of Fairfield; the first was built in Mill Plain in 1725 when the Congregational Faith and Order was still the established church of Connecticut (remaining so until the early 19th century). The parish has grown in numbers and activeness since its beginnings here in the 1850s and remains a strong centralizing force within the community to the present day.
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Sep 27, 2021
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Library of Congress
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Trinity Parish Chapel (P. E), 651 Pequot Rd, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Trinity Parish Chapel was designed by Southport architects Disbrow & Taylor and erected 1871-72. This Gothic Revival building is an excellent example of the rural church architecture which enjoyed widespread popularity throughout the country at mid-century. Designed on a simple rectangular nave-type plan with a frontal porch and decorative wooden bell cote, the small chapel`s board-and-batten siding and modest though strong Gothic details create a composition which is both representative of the spirit of its time and purely unique to this sheltered coastal village. The chapel was built during Rev. Edward Wells` rectorship. As an ardent believer in religious training, he dedicated the chapel as the parish school.
Trinity Parish Chapel (P. E), 651 Pequot Rd, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Trinity Parish Chapel was designed by Southport architects Disbrow & Taylor and erected 1871-72. This Gothic Revival building is an excellent example of the rural church architecture which enjoyed widespread popularity throughout the country at mid-century. Designed on a simple rectangular nave-type plan with a frontal porch and decorative wooden bell cote, the small chapel`s board-and-batten siding and modest though strong Gothic details create a composition which is both representative of the spirit of its time and purely unique to this sheltered coastal village. The chapel was built during Rev. Edward Wells` rectorship. As an ardent believer in religious training, he dedicated the chapel as the parish school.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
