Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic church at 409 North Liberty Street in

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. It was built in 1881 in a Late Victorian style. The building was added to the

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in 1979. Future US President

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married

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at Trinity Episcopal on June 28, 1919. The church was also the site of the 1956 wedding of their daughter,

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