Trinity Episcopal Church (Groton, South Dakota)

	Trinity Episcopal Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	3rd Ave. E. and 3rd St. N., Groton, South Dakota
Coordinates	45°26′55″N 98°5′54″W / 45.44861°N 98.09833°W
Area	7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
Built	1884
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival
NRHP reference No.	83003003
Added to NRHP	January 27, 1983

The Trinity Episcopal Church in Groton, South Dakota is a historic church at 3rd Avenue East and 3rd Street North. It was built in 1884 and was added to the National Register in 1983.^[1]

It was built to a design published in Richard Upjohn's 1852 book Rural Architecture.^[2]

History

Trinity Episcopal Church is the single remaining example of rural board-and-batten in South Dakota, only three such churches were built in South Dakota.^[2]

The church was built between July 1, 1883 and June 30, 1884 and cost $1,200 to build; the altar window was shipped from Connecticut and the brass altar vases and cross was donated by the R. A. Mather family. Bishop W. H. Hare served the church in its early years. The church has one resident rector between 1895-1896 and that was T. H. J. Walton. The church ceased active services in the 1960s and the building was donated to the Brown County Historical Society in 1974.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Terry J. Geisler; Carolyn Torma (September 8, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Trinity Episcopal Church". National Park Service. Retrieved January 3, 2018. With 10 photos from 1982. Cite error: The named reference "nrhpdoc" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] Terry J. Geisler; Carolyn Torma (September 8, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Trinity Episcopal Church". National Park Service. Retrieved January 3, 2018. With 10 photos from 1982. Cite error: The named reference "nrhpdoc" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

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