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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1722/05/23 Rev James MacSparran Groom Husband of Hannah Gardiner, daughter of William Gardner and Abigail Remington Almy, marries James MacSparran at Trinity Church (lost) in Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
1726/00/00 Richard Munday Architect Trinity Church, founded in 1698, is built, 1725-1726.
1728/00/00 Trinity Church's chandelier closest to the Tower is original, made in Exeter, England, by Thomas Drew in 1728.
1729/09/00 Bishop George Berkeley Vocation Henry Berkeley is baptized by his father George in Trinity Church in Newport.
1730/00/00 Bishop George Berkeley Vocation Dean George Berkeley occasionally preaches for Reverend James Honyman at Trinity Church in Newport.
1730/03/00 In the spring of 1730, Anne Berkeley suffers a miscarriage which leaves her quite ill for some time.
1731/09/00 Bishop George Berkeley Vocation Born at Whitehall, George Berkeley's daughter Lucia Berkeley is baptized at Trinity Church in Newport.
1731/09/05 Bishop George Berkeley Family Rev Berkeley's daughter Lucia dies in infancy and is buried in the churchyard at Trinity Church, Newport, RI.
1733/00/00 Richard Bridge Craftsman A gift from George Berkeley in London, a Richard Bridge organ is installed at Trinity Church.
1733/00/00 Bishop George Berkeley Benefactor A gift from George Berkeley in London, a Richard Bridge organ is installed at Trinity Church.
1751/09/26 Etienne Decatur Groom Priscilla Hill, daughter of Joseph Hill and Priscilla Hill, marries Stephen Decatur, in Trinity Church, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
1760/00/00 Marmaduke Browne Vocation Marmaduke Browne is elected minister of Trinity Church.
1795/00/00 Oliver Hazard Perry Faith Oliver Hazard Perry is baptized at Trinity Church by Reverend William Smith.

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Particulars for Trinity Church:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 24th November 1968

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Trinity Church
Registry Address: Spring and Church Sts.
Registry Number: 68000004
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Munday,Richard
Architectural Style: Georgian
Area in Acres: 2
Contributing Buildings: 1
Contributing Sites: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Cemetery, Religious property
Period of Significance: 1700-1749
Significant Year: 1725, 1726
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure

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