Trinity Episcopal Church - Table of Contents
EXTERIOR - Trinity
Episcopal
Church
389 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY
Erected: |
1886 |
Architect: | Original plans: Arthur Gilman Revised plans: Cyrus K. Porter |
Contractors: | Charles Berrick and John Briggs |
Style: | English Gothic Revival |
May 2021 PhotosOn this page, below:
Architect's drawings and Historic plaque
Facade
North elevation
South elevation and Christ Chapel
Architect's drawings and Historic plaque![]() Architect's drawing ![]() Architect's drawing ![]() |
Facade![]() Gothic Revival ... Medina sandstone ... Christ Chapel at right ![]() Left bay: tower ... Flanking buttresses ... Lancet windows ![]() Left bay ... Corbels support hoodmold ... Compound arch ![]() Left bay ... Hoodmold ... Compound arch ![]() Left bay ... Capitals above decorative necking ![]() Center bay ... Combination cross bottony and Celtic cross with trefoil ![]() Center bay ... Flanking buttresses ... Rose window ... Five lancet stained glass windows ... Pinnacle in upper right ![]() Center bay ... Rose window ... Combination cross bottony and Celtic cross with quatrefoil ... Five lancet stained glass windows ![]() Center bay ... Compound arch ![]() Center bay ... Alpha and Omega ... Quatrefoils ![]() Center bay ... Corbels support gable hoodmold ... 2 types of dressed stone: left - quarry-faced, and right - ashlar ![]() Right bay ... Pinnacle in upper right ![]() Medina sandstone sidewalk |
North elevation ![]() North elevation ... Note the corner buttresses - a common feature on Gothic Revival due to large stained glass windows that weaken the supporting walls ![]() North elevation ![]() North elevation ... Transept at left ![]() North elevation ... Side aisle windows ... Note vertical pier buttresses between windows ![]() Buttress ![]() North elevation ... Terra cotta ridge tiles with quatrefoil cutouts ... Slate ![]() Snow guards ![]() Course ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Quarry-faced Medina sandstone |
South
elevation and Christ Chapel![]() South elevation ![]() ![]() Celtic cross in front of Christ Chapel ![]() Celtic cross ![]() Celtic cross ... Square panels depict symbols of the Four Evangelists ... Center panel depicts the Sacrificial lamb ... Circle decorated with guilloche design ![]() Celtic cross ... Celtic knots and other Celtic designs ![]() Christ Chapel ... Copper cross bottony finial ![]() Christ Chapel ... Pinnacle ![]() Christ Chapel ... Hoodmold with corbel supports ... Tracery ... Quoins |