Trinity Episcopal Church (Woodbridge, New Jersey)
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Trinity Episcopal Church (Woodbridge, New Jersey)
OR:
Trinity Episcopal Church (Woodbridge, New Jersey) on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic church located at 650 Rahway Avenue in Woodbridge Township of Middlesex County,
New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
. The third church at this location, it was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on May 12, 2004, for its significance in architecture and religion. With


History

The congregation became active on December 29, 1703, and the first church was erected about 1717. The second church, erected on the same site in 1754, was granted a charter by
King George III George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland, Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and ...
on December 6, 1769. It was destroyed by fire in 1858. The cornerstone of the present church was laid on July 7, 1860. The building was consecrated May 20, 1861. The church remains active today, with regular services, as well as community involvement, including hosting
Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global, peer-led Mutual aid, mutual-aid fellowship focused on an abstinence-based recovery model from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined twelve-step program. AA's Twelve Traditions, besides emphasizing anon ...
meetings and running a food pantry.


Description

The church was designed by Newark architect C. Harrison Condit in the
Gothic Revival style Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century ...
often used by architect
Richard Upjohn Richard Upjohn (22 January 1802 – 16 August 1878) was a British-American architect who immigrated to the United States and became most famous for his Gothic Revival churches. He was partially responsible for launching the movement to popula ...
. It is a one-story brick building laid out in a
cruciform plan A cruciform is a physical manifestation resembling a common cross or Christian cross. These include architectural shapes, biology, art, and design. Cruciform architectural plan Christian churches are commonly described as having a cruciform ...
with a slender
bell-cot A bellcote, bell-cote or bell-cot is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells. Bellcotes are most common in church architecture but are also seen on institutions such as schools. The bellcote may be carried on brackets projecting from ...
and features a steeply pitched, gable, slate roof. St. Martha's House, formerly known as the Sexton House, and the rectory, known as the
Jonathan Singletary Dunham House Jonathan Singletary Dunham House, located in Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, the state's first township, chartered on June 1, 1669, by King Charles II, is a house that was built around 1709 by Jonathan Singletary Dunham ( ...
, also contribute to this NRHP listing. The Dunham House features elaborate Flemish checker brickwork. File:Trinity Episcopal Church, Woodbridge, NJ - St. Martha's House.jpg, St. Martha's House File:Trinity Episcopal Church, Woodbridge, NJ - Rectory, west view.jpg, Rectory brickwork


Cemetery

The churchyard contains a cemetery with graves and tombstones dating back to 1715. File:Trinity Episcopal Church, Woodbridge, NJ - Churchyard.jpg, Churchyard File:Trinity Episcopal Church, Woodbridge, NJ - Tombstone, Sarah Jacques.jpg, 1758 tombstone


See also

*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, New Jersey. La ...
*
Jonathan Singletary Dunham House Jonathan Singletary Dunham House, located in Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, the state's first township, chartered on June 1, 1669, by King Charles II, is a house that was built around 1709 by Jonathan Singletary Dunham ( ...
– Rectory * First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery – adjacent church, at 600 Rahway Avenue


References


External links

* * * {{NRHP in Middlesex County, New Jersey Episcopal church buildings in New Jersey Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Gothic Revival church buildings in New Jersey Colonial Revival architecture in New Jersey Churches completed in 1861 Churches in Middlesex County, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places 19th-century Episcopal church buildings 1703 establishments in New Jersey Cemeteries in Middlesex County, New Jersey Religious organizations established in 1703 Brick buildings and structures in New Jersey Buildings and structures in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey