Trinity Episcopal Church of Morrisania

690 East 166th Street | Morrisania | built 1903

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1874

    A Morrisania congregation formed in 1868 lays the cornerstone of its brick church

    The congregation of Trinity Episcopal Church organized in 1868 and laid this building's cornerstone in 1874, making it the oldest structure in what became the historic district. Until 1900 the small red brick church stood almost alone between the Rodgers and Cauldwell estates, yet it drew worshippers from across the southern Bronx. Its High Victorian Gothic designer is unknown; church records have not named the architect.

    “The initial congregation formed in 1868 and laid the cornerstone of the present building in 1874.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1880

    A foreclosure hands the church to a new congregation, the Church of the Holy Faith

    In 1880 the property was foreclosed, and a different congregation moved into the building under the name Church of the Holy Faith. The original Trinity parish kept meeting in the neighborhood for decades. In 1923 the two groups merged, and the church took back the Trinity name.

    “An 1880 foreclosure on the property led to a new congregation occupying the building under the name of the Church of the Holy Faith.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1906

    Rev. Clifford S. Gregg has the church redecorated in polychrome Victorian Gothic

    In 1906, under the guidance of Reverend Clifford S. Gregg, the church was redecorated and painted in polychrome in the Victorian Gothic style. Gregg had earlier served as curate of St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan.

    “In 1906 under the guidance of Reverend Clifford S. Gregg, who had previously been the curate of St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan, the Morrisania church was redecorated…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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