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Title	Seymour historic building 027
Town	Seymour
Subject - LCSH	Church buildings; Seymour (Conn.)
Keywords	Historic buildings; Churches; Episcopal; Trinity Episcopal Church
Date [built] (Source)	1797 (Heer. and Kelly); remodeled in 1858; very little old work remains.
Orig Owner	Trinity Church (Episcopal)
Location	Church Street, near northwest corner of West Street.
Description [Material]	Wood
Roof	Peak
Height	Two stories and half
Fenestration	4 each side on second floor; 4 pairs of small windows on first floor.
Overhang	None
Foundation	Stone
Condition - Physical	Good
Authenticity	Remodeled
Exterior	The general outline of the church and spire suggest the New England colonial church, although most of the work is c. 1858. The detail is heavy, cornices have large mouldings and heavy brackets. The walls are clapboarded.
Interior	The nave is four bays in length with the chancel to the north. The chancel has an octagonal termination, with well-designed altar and reredos of recent date. Side galleries. Columns supporting the galleries continue above gallery rail and terminate in an arcade.
History	The land was purchased for $60.00. Work on the interior was delayed due to lack of funds and slab benches were used for seats. The first Rector was Rev. Mansfield of Derby. In 1827, a bell costing $257.00 and a stove were installed; pews were put in in 1829, and an organ added in 1831. The name was changed from the Union to Trinity at Easter 1856. In 1857, $5,000.00 was expended for remodeling purposes. A new chancel was added and the interior decorated in 1891; window above the reredos and a new channcel organ. In 1893 the oak pulpit was donated.
Tell Us More	Tell us more about the building, its history, its address, etc. mailto:diginfo@cslib.org Put the Title in the email Subject line, for example Seymour historic building 027
Creator	W.P.A. Federal Writers Project, State of Connecticut
Date - Created	1935-1942
Date - Digital	20120212
Type	image
Format	Image/jpeg
Format Extent	4 x 6 in.
Format Medium	black-and-white photographs
Source - Location	Connecticut State Library, State Archives, RG 033:28, WPA Records, Architectural Survey
Relation	Research Guide to Old House Resources at the Connecticut State Library: http://www.cslib.org/OldHouse.htm
Publisher	Connecticut State Library
Rights	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
File Name	wpa_archsurvey_seym027.jpg
Height	1200