A Peek at Trinity

So while I was taking photos this evening for the previous post, I got lucky. A contractor was coming out of 118 West Ninth, the former Trinity Methodist Church, and he saw me taking photos of nearby buildings. He asked if I might like a look inside. Are you kidding me? Heck yeah!

Completed in 1859, the Gothic Revival style Trinity is under renovation to house the Uptown Church currently in Over the Rhine. I had never been inside. We went up to the second floor to the Sanctuary and immediately the eye goes upward to the intact barrel vault of coffered wood beams spanning wall to wall. It was in pretty good shape. The plaster walls, however, were not. They and the perimeter of the floor suffered a lot of water damage and they are in the process of being repaired. The other highlight is the alter - a fantastic carved wood railing and backdrop all in front of the pipe organ set in matching wood trim.

Unfortunately my camera was not really equiped for the low light but I tried . . .

Click here for pictures on the church website.

Historic photo from Library's Cincinnati Memory Project.