The Church of the Holy Trinity 1847

Photo by Alan L Brown - March 24, 2004

Photo by Alan L Brown - March 24, 2004

Plaque Location

The City of Toronto
On the south wall of the church, in Trinity Square, on the east side of Bay Street, across from Hagerman Street, south of Dundas Street

Plaque Text

This church was made possible by a gift from Mary Lambert Swale of Yorkshire, England, who stipulated that "the seats be free and unappropriated forever". At that time most other Anglican churches charged pew rentals. John Simcoe Macaulay donated the land, then on the outskirts of Toronto. Bishop John Strachan consecrated the church and Henry Scadding was first rector. Henry Bower Lane, architect, designed the modified Gothic church in the ancient cruciform plan. Bricks were hauled from the Don Valley and timbers from the surrounding forests. The roof slates came as ballast in British sailing vessels. In the twentieth century the church developed a tradition of ministry to the needs of people in the inner city.

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