Details for Trinity Episcopal Church
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5417005559
Data
Marker Number | 5559 |
Atlas Number | 5417005559 |
Marker Title | Trinity Episcopal Church |
Index Entry | Trinity Episcopal Church |
Address | N. 2nd Street & Ave B |
City | Albany |
County | Shackelford |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 472056 |
UTM Northing | 3621507 |
Subject Codes | eccesiastical buildings; Episcopal denomination; churches |
Marker Year | 1962 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | N. 2nd Street & Avenue B, Albany |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
Marker Text | The oldest church building in Albany. Methodists, who organized their church in 1873, built this sanctuary on Schoolhouse Hill in 1889, moved it to Main Street in 1909. Trinity Episcopal Mission, founded 1910, bought structure in 1913, remodeled it (1914), removed it in 1954 to this site (former location, Reynolds Presbyterian Academy) given by Watt Matthews, and added steeple designed by Floyd M. Johnson and Joe Blanton. Recorded Texas Historical Landmark, 1962. |