Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto##&&Toronto##&&Attractions##&&Map##&&Tours##&&Hotels##&&Facts##&&Buildings##&&Posters##&&Pictures##&&A View On Cities##&&Toronto##&&Toronto Attractions##&&Church of the Holy Trinity##&&Loading...##&&CN Tower##&&Royal Ontario Museum##&&Toronto Islands##&&Casa Loma##&&City Hall##&&Aquarium of Canada##&&Art Gallery of Ontario##&&Hockey Hall of Fame##&&Old City Hall##&&Music Garden##&&PATH##&&Ontario Legislative Building##&&Flatiron Building##&&Eaton Centre##&&Distillery Historic District##&&Church of the Holy Trinity##&&Chinatown##&&Queen's Park##&&Cabbagetown##&&Rogers Centre##&&St. Lawrence Market##&&Brookfield Place##&&St. James Cathedral##&&TD Centre##&&Allan Gardens##&&Union Station##&&Royal York Hotel##&&University of Toronto##&&Yorkville Park##&&Sharp Centre for Design##&&Church of the Holy Trinity##&&Info##&&Location/Map##&&Nearby##&&Photos##&&Rating##&&vote##&&vote##&&Links##&&-##&&holytrinitytoronto.org##&&The Church of the Holy Trinity is one of 
Toronto's oldest and most picturesque buildings. The neo-Gothic church 
lies tucked away behind modern highrises and borders the small but 
beautiful Trinity Square.##&&History##&&Church of the##&&Holy Trinity##&&Interior##&&Stained glass windows##&&The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity was built in Its 
construction was made possible thanks to a donation by a certain Mary 
Lambert Swale, wife of a priest in Yorkshire. She wanted the church to 
be built in the Gothic style, hence the appointment of Henry Bowyer Lane
 as the lead archiect. Lane was a student of Sir Charles Barry, famous 
for his neo-Gothic##&&Houses of Parliament in London##&&The church was built on a plot donated in by John Simcoe Macaulay in a working-class neighborhood just north of Toronto.##&&In the 1960s the Eaton's Department Store launched plans for a large 
shopping complex that would result in the demolition of the##&&Old City Hall##&&and the Church of the Holy Trinity. Local uproar against those plans 
eventually forced Eaton's to redesign the complex so that both the city 
hall and church were preserved. The##&&Eaton shopping centre##&&eventually opened in##&&The Church##&&The church has a floor plan in the shape of a Latin cross. The twin 
octagonal towers that were once used as a navigational beacon (they were
 even visible from Lake Ontario), are now dwarfed by the surrounding 
office buildings.##&&The church has an intimate interior consisting of a single nave with a 
transept. Most noteworthy are the stained glass windows. The majority of
 these were installed in The windows in the south wall are modern;
 they were installed in to replace the windows that were destroyed 
in by a fire. The organ in the north transept is also modern and 
dates from##&&Trinity Square##&&The Church of the Holy Trinity is situated on Trinity Square, a public square that can be accessed from##&&Eaton Centre##&&and, via a tree-lined walkway, from Bay Street. The square is often 
used as a resting place for shoppers and nearby office workers on their 
lunch break.##&&The square features a small waterfall but its main attraction is the 
Toronto Public Labyrinth, a circular labyrinth that is traced on the 
pavement.##&&Next:##&&Chinatown##&&Subway##&&Dundas (Yonge - University)##&&Location##&&Trinity Square##&&toronto##&&x##&&Press ESC to close##&&powered by##&&www.aviewoncities.com