Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Columbia, South Carolina)
| Trinity Episcopal Church | |
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Trinity Episcopal Church
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| Basic information | |
| Location | 1100 Sumter St., Columbia, South Carolina |
| Geographic coordinates | 34°0′3.7″N 81°1′52″W / 34.001028°N 81.03111°WCoordinates: 34°0′3.7″N 81°1′52″W / 34.001028°N 81.03111°W |
| Affiliation | Episcopal Church in the United States of America |
| District | Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina |
| State | South Carolina |
| Country | United States of America |
| Year consecrated | 1847 |
| Status | Active |
| Leadership | Dean- Very Rev'd Timothy Jones |
| Website | http://www.trinitysc.org/ |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Edward Brickell White |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1845 |
| Completed | 1894 |
| Specifications | |
| Direction of façade | West |
| Materials | Stucco over brick |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1971 |
| NRHP Reference no. | 71000805 |
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.
Trinity Church is on east side of Sumter Street between Gervais and Senate Streets. It is directly east of the South Carolina State House.
In 1812 the Society for the Advancement of Christianity in South Carolina, which was formed in 1810 by the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, sent Rev. Mr. Fowler to Columbia to establish a mission. The Parish was organized on August 8, 1812. Bishop Theodore Dehon visited on May 13, 1813 and held services at the State House. It was incorporated by the South Carolina Legislature as the "Episcopal Church in Columbia."
The Legislature gave four lots on Lady Street to the Presbyterian and Episcopal congregations with the condition that they pay half their value to the Baptist and Methodist congregations to assist in construction of their churches. The Episcopalians sold their lots to the Presbyterians for the construction of the existing First Presbyterian Church.
The cornerstone for the first church was laid on March 7, 1814. Bishop Dehon consecrated Trinity Church on December 14, 1814. The wooden church on the southeastern corner of Sumter and Gervais Streets had a cruciform shape. General Hampton donated $2,000 and the organ to the church.
After a period of four years without a rector, Peter J. Shand, was sent by the Diocese as a lay reader. On January 19, 1834, he was ordained a deacon and was invited by the vestry to run the church. He stayed for the next fifty-two years. The Parish grew. In 1838, it began an African American Sunday School in 1838, installed a new organ in 1839, and began a school for indigent students in 1844.
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