Boston's current Trinity Church complex—its former site…
1877 CE
Boston's current Trinity Church complex—its former site on Summer Street having burned in the Great Boston Fire of 1872—is erected under the direction of Rector Phillips Brooks (1835–1893), one of the best-known and most charismatic preachers of his time.
The church and parish house have been designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and construction has taken place from 1872 to 1877, when the complex is consecrated.
Situated on Copley Square in Back Bay, Trinity Church is the building that establishes Richardson's reputation and is the birthplace and archetype of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, characterized by a clay roof, polychromy, rough stone, heavy arches, and a massive tower.
This style will soon be adopted for a number of public buildings across the United States.
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Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts: Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).; Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Date between 1980 and 2006
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