Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic

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located in

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. It was built between 1828 and 1830, and is a

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ed brick building. It has an attached

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. Also on the property is the contributing parish house, built in 1887. During the

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, the church was used as a hospital. an
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/ref> Rt.Rev. C. Charles Vaché, who served as its rector for 19 years before becoming the Bishop of Southern Virginia, wrote a history of the parish.Mildred Holladay and Dean Buirgess, History of Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth History Commission 2007) p. 469 It was listed on the

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in 1973. It is located in the Downtown Portsmouth Historic District.

References

External links

Trinity Episcopal Church website
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