Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Columbia, South Carolina)
Trinity Episcopal Church | ||
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Year consecrated 1847 | | |
Status | Active | |
Location | ||
Location | 1100 Sumter St., Columbia, South Carolina | |
State | South Carolina | |
Geographic coordinates | 34°0′3.7″N 81°1′52″W / 34.001028°N 81.03111°W | |
Architecture | ||
Architect(s) | Edward Brickell White | |
Type | Church | |
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[1] | |
Website | ||
http://www.trinitysc.org/ |
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Trinity Episcopal Church, now known as Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, is the first
Trinity Church is on the east side of Sumter Street between Gervais and Senate streets. It is directly east of the South Carolina State House.
Early history
In 1812, the Society for the Advancement of Christianity in South Carolina, which was formed in 1810 by the
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.[5]
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 (equivalent to $29,067 in 2023) and the organ to the church.[5]
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 accepted and 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.[5]
Architecture
The Gothic Revival church was designed by
The baptismal font donated by John S. Preston was sculpted by Hiram Powers.[2][3] This was later donated to the Church of the Nativity in Union, South Carolina and replaced by another Preston family donation sculpted by Hiram Powers.[5]
Around 1860, the
Later history
Local tradition holds that laymen took down the church's Episcopal signs and put
In June 1865, the commander of the Columbia garrison of the Union Army ordered Rev. Shand to say the prayer for the president in the Book of Common Prayer, letting him know that a member of his staff would attend the service. When Shand began the prayer, the parish members rose from their knees and did not say "Amen."[11]
In 1922, the
Churchyard
At various times in the history of the parish, three live oak trees were planted in the churchyard. The Sire Oak was planted in 1814 after the first church was built. The second was planted in 1900 after finishing the church. The third tree was planted in 1925 when the Parish House was finished.[7] There is a wrought iron fence around the churchyard.[3]
The churchyard is the burial site for many noted South Carolinians: American Revolutionary War generals Wade Hampton I and Peter Horry and Private Robert Stark; Wade Hampton II, who was a veteran of the War of 1812 and noted plantation owner; John Gabriel Guignard, who was surveyor of Columbia; Dr. Thomas Cooper, who was president of South Carolina College; Confederate generals States Rights Gist, Wade Hampton III, and John S. Preston; the poet Henry Timrod; Senator Preston; six South Carolina governors: Richard Irvine Manning I, John Lawrence Manning, Hugh Smith Thompson, Richard Irvine Manning III, and James F. Byrnes; U.S. Attorney Terrell L. Glenn Sr.; and eight bishops, including Ellison Capers.[3][10][13][14][15]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Trinity Episcopal Church, Richland County (1100 Sumter St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Trinity Episcopal Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. National Park Service. 24 February 1971. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ Dalcho, Frederick (1820). An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina. Charleston, South Carolina: E. Thayer (Theological Book Store). pp. 394–395.
An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Thomas, Albert S. (1957). A Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina: R.L. Bryan Co. pp. 536–543, 618.
- ISBN 0-7222-0435-3.
- ^ ISBN 0-934870-02-0.
- ^ Federal Writer's Program of the Works Progress Administration (1941). South Carolina: A Guide to the Palmetto State. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 224.
- ISBN 1-57003-358-7.
- ^ ISBN 0-89865-495-5.
0898654955.
- ISBN 1-57003-255-6.
- ISBN 1-57003-598-9.
- ^ a b "The History of Trinity Cathedral". Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "Louise Owens Glenn". The State. January 22, 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Trinity Episcopal Church (Columbia, South Carolina)". Find a Grave. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-355, "Trinity Episcopal Church, Sumter & Gervais Streets, Columbia, Richland County, SC", 2 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page