{"nrhp_refnum":"79002946","name":"Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"22nd St. and Ave. G","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.30259400600005,"lon":-94.79210673499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church is a red brick Gothic Revival church complex at 22nd Street and Avenue G in Galveston, Texas, built 1855-1857 to designs by John de Young. The nominated property is the full city block, with Eaton Memorial Chapel (1882) and a Parish Hall/Cloister (1930).","why_significant":"The church is presented as an architecturally correct example of early English Gothic Revival, with fine stone, brick and woodwork. It housed the third Episcopal mission established in the Republic of Texas, founded by Rev. Benjamin Eaton. It has survived hurricanes and floods and is one of the oldest church buildings in continuous use in the Diocese of Texas.","narrative":"Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church occupies an entire city block at 22nd Street and Avenue G in Galveston. The red brick sanctuary, built between 1855 and 1857 to designs by architect John de Young, follows the early English Gothic Revival style with lancet windows, buttresses and a battlemented central tower. Inside, a hammerbeam timber ceiling, dark-stained woodwork and stained glass, including the Sealy Memorial Tiffany Window of 1904, define the nave. The complex also includes Eaton Memorial Chapel, designed by Nicholas Clayton in 1882, and a Parish Hall/Cloister from 1930. The congregation grew from a mission founded in 1842 under Rev. Benjamin Eaton, the third Episcopal mission in the Republic of Texas. The building survived the hurricanes of 1900 and 1915, and in 1926 it was raised above the 1915 high water mark. It remains among the oldest church buildings in continuous use in the Diocese of Texas, and later repairs and additions have largely kept to the original style.","period_of_significance":"1855-57","architect_builder":"John deYoung","architectural_style":"Early English Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in religious use; described as one of the oldest church buildings in continuous use in the Diocese of Texas. Restored repeatedly after storm damage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.921598-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/9719/40971986/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79002946.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002946/99f70f765d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002946/99f70f765d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trinity_Episcopal_Church_-_Galveston,_Texas_02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Farragutful</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trinity_Episcopal_Church_-_Galveston,_Texas_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971986","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002068"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/trinity-protestant-episcopal-church-79002946/"}