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 |