Our Place: part of the Trinity Church Photo Album

Trinity's buildings, April 2008.  Left: sanctuary.  Center: Walker Hall.  Right: new addition.

From its beginnings, Trinity's physical plant has been recognized as uniquely attractive -- as well might the church built for his community by the wealthiest man in the Northwest Corner at the time of its construction in 1874.  Details of the founding of Trinity can be seen in our history pages.

Circa 1900, a major renovation of the interior of the worship space was undertaken by the Gessner Company, still today a force in church design and architecture, and funded by the Barnum and Richardson families.  It was around this time that The Connecticut Magazine featured the church's architecture and charm.

The fact that the collapse of the Upper Housatonic Valley iron industry before 1920 obviated any external (and most internal) modification of the structure until the construction of Walker Hall in the early 1960s may have had the beneficial effect of preserving the original structure little changed from its original form.  This no doubt contributed to the choice of Trinity by Better Homes and Gardens to be the subject of an article not long after.

The 1990s marked the acquisition of an eight acre field adjacent to the church from the Goodwin family, descendents of the same family that, 125 years earlier, had donated the acre of land for construction of the original church.

As the millennium dawned, Trinity was again building -- this time, an award-winning wing with the assistance of Centerbrook Architects.  Photographs documenting the construction of this wing can be seen here.

Today, our facility, which is handicapped accessible, consists of:

• The original Trinity Church, seating approximately 200, with most furnishings dating from either the original construction or the 1900 renovation, with the more recent addition of a Rodgers digital organ with three manuals and AGA pedal board.  The church interior was refurbished in 2004 with considerable attention to preserving or restoring original details.  An undercroft provides abundant storage space as well as overflow meeting space.
• The Rectory, build only a few years after the church itself, and designed and initially occupied by our first Rector, is adjacent to the church.  At the rear of the rectory's back yard is a two-bay garage, currently used for storage.
• Walker Hall, a 40 x 60 high-ceilinged open space, fully carpeted, with French doors opening onto a cloister with Trinity Field forming a visual backdrop. While it serves admirably as our parish hall, it is also popular with the community as a space to rent for receptions as well as being the rehearsal hall for Crescendo and the meeting site for an AA group.
• Connecting Walker Hall and the church, a passageway with a clergy office, a fully-equipped kitchen, rest rooms, an alcove for choir and acolyte robes, and the Guild Room, a 20 x 20 space opening into Walker Hall. 
• The new addition, with offices, Sunday School classrooms, the parish library, and rest rooms.  Wi-Fi access is available in the addition as well as in Walker Hall.
• Trinity Field, recently renamed Reid Field in honor of the donor who retired the note for its purchase, used for parking for parish functions and by our good neighbor, Lime Rock Park, as well as parish activities including summer sports and walking, jogging, and running.  A plot plan is available on our Sports and Recreation page, and a plan of our buildings is available on our self-guided tour page. 

to watch the way the new addition was built!! (These are the ones in excruciating detail we mentioned above.)