{"nrhp_refnum":"72001532","name":"Trinity Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Beverley and Lewis Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Staunton (Independent City)","county":"Staunton","state":"VA","lat":38.14884897300004,"lon":-79.07497752699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-05-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Trinity Episcopal Church is an Early Gothic Revival brick church at the southwest corner of Beverley and Lewis Streets in Staunton, Virginia, completed in 1855. The churchyard also holds a rectory, a parish house and a burial ground.","why_significant":"It is a distinguished example of Early Gothic Revival architecture and the third church on land Augusta Parish bought in 1750. Its predecessors hosted a 1775 freeholders' meeting, the 1781 Virginia Assembly and the 1824 Diocesan Convention. During the Civil War the Virginia Theological Seminary relocated into the church. It also contains seven signed Tiffany windows.","narrative":"Trinity Episcopal Church in Staunton, Virginia, is a brick Early Gothic Revival church finished in 1855 at the corner of Beverley and Lewis Streets. It is a gable-roofed basilica with a central three-stage tower, lancet windows, buttresses and a rose window over the entrance. Inside are open Tudor-arch trusses, carved passion flower doors and seven signed Tiffany windows. The churchyard holds burials, a rectory dating from 1872 and a parish house built in 1872-1873. Its importance lies in architecture and in the parish's long history. Augusta Parish, founded in 1746, bought the site in 1750, and this is the third church there. Earlier buildings hosted a 1775 meeting of local freeholders, the Virginia Assembly in 1781 after it fled Richmond, and the 1824 Diocesan Convention. During the Civil War the Virginia Theological Seminary moved into the church. Wings were added in 1870 and the chancel was enlarged in 1888.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Unidentified English architect (commonly held); Edwin M. Taylor (1870 wings); Alexander Trowbridge (1936 redecoration); Milton Grigg (1957 choir loft)","architectural_style":"Early Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and unaltered, on its original site; occupied and in religious use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.679554-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/6838/41683821/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001532.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001532/4e8f6d560c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001532/4e8f6d560c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Strawser","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trinity_Episcopal_Church_Staunton_VA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Strawser</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trinity_Episcopal_Church_Staunton_VA.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83003318","name":"Newtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/newtown-historic-district-83003318/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683821","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Episcopal_Church_(Staunton,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17036048"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/staunton/trinity-episcopal-church-72001532/"}