Trinity Church 三一教堂
75 Broadway
New York, NY 10006
Left corner is Soldiers’ Monument, 1852. Honoring Revolutionary War soldiers
In 1986
The steeple is on Broadway, one end to Wall Street. The other side is on Trinity Pl which facing to American Stock Exchange AMEX (86 Trinity Place). The main hall is under renovation.
In Christian, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in one – trinity (?)
It has two other chapels: St. Paul’s @ 209 B’way, and St. Cornelius the Centurion @ Governors Island.
The 39 foot tall (11.9 m) Astor Cross was installed in 1914 by Carrie, in memory of her mother Mrs. Astor – Caroline ‘Lina’ Schermerhorn who died in 1908. Lina was the granddaughter of Peter Schermerhorn who built the Schermerhorn Row @ South Street Seaport. This cenotaph was designed by Thomas Nash.
This church is seen as embodiment of the wasp / White Anglo-Saxon Protestant culture in the US.