| coordinates = {{coord|47.121|-88.571|type:landmark_region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Michigan
| built = 1906-1910[1]
| architect = John Sutcliffe
| architecture =Gothic Revival
| governing_body = Private
| designation1 = Michigan State Historic Site
| designation1_date = July 17, 1986
}}Trinity Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival-style Episcopal church at 205 East Montezuma Avenue in Houghton, Michigan.[2]{{#tag:ref|The address is 200 Pewabic Street in the Michigan State Historic Site listing.[1]|group=lower-alpha|name=location}} It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site on July 17, 1986. It is the second of two church buildings to exist on the site; the current one replaced a wooden structure in 1910. The church's philosophy is built on the Oxford Movement.[5]History
The parish was founded on July 17, 1860, when the Episcopal Bishop of Michigan, Reverend Samuel A. McCoskry,{{#tag:ref|His name is spelled McCrosky in the Michigan State Historic Site listing.[1]|group=lower-alpha}} met with nine businessmen from Houghton and Hancock.[1] The first clergyman sent to serve the church, upon arriving in Houghton on a Saturday, immediately departed on the vessel that had carried him.[8] Public services were first held on September 15, 1860.[1] The name Trinity Church was chosen at the first vestry meeting, held on July 13, 1861.[1]
The church's first permanent home was a wooden building across the Portage Canal in Hancock,[3] built on land donated by the Quincy Mining Company.[4] However, it was soon decided that the structure would be moved to Houghton, on land owned by Shelden, a member of the church.[3] The church was placed on a barge overnight, but it came free of its bounds and was found floating free in the morning.[3] It was successfully recovered and transferred to Houghton, where it remained until 1910.[3]
The wooden church was demolished in early 1910 to make way for the current church, built of brick and Jacobsville Sandstone, which was completed on Easter that same year.[1] In 1995, a two-story addition was built to house the pastor's office.[3] The current church was designated a Michigan State Historic Site on July 17, 1986, and an informational marker was erected on April 24, 1987.[1]
Architecture
The church is a brick structure built in the Gothic Revival style.[1] The basement façade, copings, and trim are all made of Jacobsville Sandstone.[1] The building has a square tower at one corner capped with crenellations.[1]
The building architect was John B. Sutcliffe and interior artwork and carvings were done by Alois Lang.[1] The interior design of the church was influenced by the Oxford Movement.[1] The roof's wooden trusses are exposed as arches that span the nave.[1] The church houses an Austin Organ, opus 419,[5] which was installed in 1913.[6]
See also
- List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Houghton County, Michigan
Notes
1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 {{cite web|author=Staff|title=Trinity Episcopal Church|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/5922.htm|work=State Historic Preservation Office|publisher=Michigan State Housing Development Authority|accessdate=January 7, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102201130/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/5922.htm|archivedate=January 2, 2014|deadurl=yes}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.trinityhoughton.org/|publisher=Trinity Episcopal Church Houghton|accessdate=January 7, 2012}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news|last=Neese|first=Garrett|title=Trinity Episcopal Church celebrates 150th anniversary|url=http://www.mininggazette.com/page/content.detail/id/511186/Trinity-Episcopal-Church-celebrates-150th-anniversary.html?nav=5006|accessdate=January 7, 2012|newspaper=The Daily Mining Gazette|date=August 7, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023748/http://www.mininggazette.com/page/content.detail/id/511186/Trinity-Episcopal-Church-celebrates-150th-anniversary.html?nav=5006|archivedate=March 4, 2016|deadurl=yes}}
4. ^1 {{cite web|title=History of Trinity Episcopal Church|url=http://www.trinityhoughton.org/history/index.html|publisher=Trinity Episcopal Church Houghton|accessdate=January 7, 2012}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Austin organ at Trinity Episcopal Church|url=http://www.trinityhoughton.org/building/organ.html|publisher=Trinity Episcopal Church Houghton|accessdate=January 7, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509134846/http://www.trinityhoughton.org/building/organ.html|archivedate=May 9, 2008|deadurl=yes}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Recital Features Performance on Historic Church Organ|newspaper=The Daily Mining Gazette|date=January 14, 2012|author=Staff}}
References
{{Reflist}} 4 : Churches in Houghton, Michigan|Episcopal church buildings in Michigan|Michigan State Historic Sites in Houghton County|Gothic Revival church buildings in Michigan