Church of the Holy Trinity
316 East 88th Street | also 312 East 88th Street | Yorkville | built 1925
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1897
Serena Rhinelander builds a church complex on her family's old farm
Serena Rhinelander paid for the church, parish house and parsonage in memory of her father and grandfather, on land that had been part of William Rhinelander's 72-acre farm. Barney & Chapman designed the complex, built in 1896 and 1897. St. Christopher House, finished first, served local children as a clubhouse, recreation center and kindergarten.
Source: 6tocelebrate.org
- 1899
Barney and Chapman's Gothic Revival church complex is consecrated
Barney and Chapman design the complex in Gothic Revival style, its golden brick and terra cotta towers and spires recalling a French Renaissance chateau. Serena Rhinelander funds the project in memory of her grandfather, William Rhinelander, whose farm once covered the site, and the church is consecrated on May 6, 1899.
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- 1951
Holy Trinity becomes an independent parish
After more than half a century as a mission chapel administered by St. James Church, Holy Trinity gains its own parish status. The change reflects the settlement church's growth into a self-sustaining congregation serving the Yorkville neighborhood Serena Rhinelander had built it for.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1967
The city designates the French Gothic church complex a landmark
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Holy Trinity Church, St. Christopher House and the Parsonage at 312–316 and 332 East 88th Street a city landmark on February 15, 1967. The French Gothic Revival complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 30, 1980.
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