{"nrhp_refnum":"86002653","name":"Trinity Church Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Northern Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roslyn","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.80499606500007,"lon":-73.64513717899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-10-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of three connected brick buildings (church, education building and parish house) on the north side of Northern Boulevard in the village of Roslyn, Nassau County, New York. The church and parish house were built 1906-1909 to designs by McKim, Mead and White.","why_significant":"The complex is argued to be a distinctive, freely interpreted example of medieval eclecticism and the work of the nationally prominent firm McKim, Mead and White. It marks a departure from Roslyn's vernacular wood-frame tradition and documents the cultural influence of surrounding estate development on the village in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.","narrative":"Three parallel brick buildings joined by a cloistered passageway make up this church complex on Northern Boulevard in Roslyn. The church, built 1906-1907, and the 1906 parish house were designed by McKim, Mead and White, with a two-story addition to the parish house following in 1908-1909. A 1966 education building stands between them on the site of the former rectory and is considered non-contributing. The church is cruciform, with load-bearing clinker brick walls, buttresses, round-arched openings, a fish-scale slate roof, a bell cote and hammer beam trusses inside. Stained glass includes windows attributed to Louis Comfort Tiffany. The parish began as a mission church in 1862 and gained parish status in 1869. Funding for the new church came from a gift by Mrs. Clarence Mackay, whose nearby estate the same firm had designed. The complex is notable as architect-designed work in a village otherwise built largely in a vernacular wood-frame tradition, reflecting the wealth of the surrounding estates.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"McKim, Mead and White (architect); builder unknown","architectural_style":"Eclectic medieval style; liberal interpretation of medieval English parish church architecture with Gothic and Romanesque elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is rated fair; no threats are known. The 1966 education building is classed as non-contributing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.607911-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86002653.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002653/c35749a2a9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002653/c35749a2a9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Antony-22","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trinity_Church_Roslyn_2016.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony-22</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_Church_Roslyn_2016.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313713","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Church_Complex_(Roslyn,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7842675"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/trinity-church-complex-86002653/"}