Trinity Episcopal Church in Torrington has a prominent location at the corner of Water and Prospect Streets. The origins of the parish go back to 1843, when it was a mission of Christ Church in Harwinton. The original church building on the site was built of wood in 1844. The parish grew rapidly in the second half of the nineteenth century as Torrington industrialized. Some of the early members were laborers from England who were brought to work at the Coe Brass Company. The present granite church building was erected in 1897-1898. Adjacent to the church is a is the parish house, built in 1908-1909, which has an upper parish hall with a stage and a lower hall with Sunday school rooms and a chapel. The parish hall and a Tudor Revival-style rectory, built in 1917, surround a distinctive courtyard.
I’ve been photographing a lot of stained glass inside churches like this. Its as important a body of art as any of our museums have – and some of it – too much – is at risk