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Church of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

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1868, John Bolton. 238 S. High St.
  • (© George E. Thomas)
  • (Photograph by Matthew Aungst)
  • (Photograph by Matthew Aungst)

Built in the ecclesiastical Victorian Gothic in the local green serpentinite stone, it was, according to parish records, designed by its rector, John Bolton. The tower of the same serpentinite, since removed because of incipient structural failure, was begun by Bolton and completed by T. Roney Williamson in 1889. The adjacent parish building in serpentinite with brick accents (1882, T. Roney Williamson) served the competing Ascension Episcopal congregation until the two churches merged in the twentieth century. At 401 S. High Street is the Episcopal rectory, also said to be the design of Bolton.

Writing Credits

Author: 
George E. Thomas
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Citation

George E. Thomas, "Church of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church", [West Chester, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-CH18.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 2

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 246-247.

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