Trinity Parish Church
historic place
Trinity Parish Church, a historic place in Seattle, King County, Washington, was established on August 13, 1865. It served as Seattle's first Episcopal church. The congregation's initial wooden church building was erected in 1870 at Third Avenue and Jefferson Street. This structure was destroyed during the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. The church then moved to its present site at 609 Eighth Avenue. The current English Gothic Revival style building opened in 1892, designed by architect Henry F. Starbuck. A fire in 1902 destroyed the interior, leaving only the exterior walls. Seattle architect John Graham Sr. rebuilt and enlarged the church, maintaining its English Gothic Revival style. The building features a Wilkeson sandstone exterior, figural stained glass windows by Franz Mayer Studio of Munich, Germany, and a Carrara marble altar from Italy. Trinity Parish Church was designated a Seattle Landmark in 1976 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The 2001 Nisqually Earthquake caused significant damage, leading to a nearly three-year restoration and seismic retrofit completed in 2005. This site represents a significant part of Seattle's architectural and religious history.