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.