Holy Trinity Church (Central Falls, Rhode Island)

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Holy Trinity Church Complex
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Location Central Falls, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°53′19″N71°23′47″W / 41.88861°N 71.39639°W / 41.88861; -71.39639 Coordinates: 41°53′19″N71°23′47″W / 41.88861°N 71.39639°W / 41.88861; -71.39639
Built1889
Architect James Murphy; Irving Gorman
Architectural style Gothic Revival
MPS Central Falls MRA (AD)
NRHP reference No. 78000073 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 1978

The Holy Trinity Church Complex is an historic church complex on 134 Fuller Avenue in Central Falls, Rhode Island.

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Former school of the Holy Trinity Church. Holy Trinity School Central Falls RI.jpg
Former school of the Holy Trinity Church.

The church was a red brick structure built in 1889 to a design by James Murphy in a Gothic Revival style. The campus also includes other Murphy designs, including a rectory (1893), convent (1905), and school (1905), and a parish house designed by Irving Gorman and built in 1925. The complex was built by the Roman Catholic Church within the Diocese of Providence to serve the area's growing Irish immigrant community. [2]

The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] The church has since been demolished, and its location is now occupied by Veterans Memorial Elementary School. [2] The former parish school still stands at 325 Cowden Street as the Segue Institute for Learning.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. 1 2 "Historic Resources of Central Falls, Rhode Island (PDF page 30)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-07-17.