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Trinity Church 206 Clarendon St, Boston, MA 02116
Trinity Church in Boston was the home of one of the largest and most powerful Episcopalian congregations. The building of Trinity Church in Copley Square was a major artistic and cultural achievement in post-Civil War Boston. The church was designed by the greatest architect of the day, Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886), and constructed between 1872-1877 on the new land created by the filling of the Back Bay. The style is Richardson's distinctive modern interpretation of French and Spanish Romanesque sources, and it was immediately hailed as a landmark in American architecture. In 1885, a poll of the readership of the American Architect and Building News declared it the finest building in the United States.