Trinity Church, Houston
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Trinity Church in Houston, Texas is an Episcopal parish in the Diocese of Texas.
It was founded in 1893 as a mission from Christ Church in a part of Houston then called the "Fairground Addition", now known as Midtown. It is the second-oldest Episcopal parish in Houston. Trinity was, at one time, one of the largest parishes in the Episcopal Church. Such notables as Walter Cronkite and Denton Cooley have been members of the parish. Its membership declined sharply as its parishioners moved to the suburbs in the 1950s and 1960s. In recent years, membership has grown steadily.
The current building, which dates from 1919, is a neo-Gothic structure, designed by the noted architectural firm, Cram and Ferguson, whose Houston work also includes several buildings at Rice University and the Julia Ideson Building of Houston Public Library. The church houses a 1918 Pilcher pipe organ, which is currently being restored.
Five rectors of Trinity have gone on to be bishops in the Episcopal Church. Another is currently dean of a cathedral.
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Davies-Cooley, Gayle. Pillar of faith : Trinity Church at 100 : Trinity Episcopal Church, Houston. Houston. 1992. Trinity Episcopal Church
