Trinity Church, Boston
- Title:
- Trinity Church, Boston
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Richardson, Henry Hobson (American architect, 1838-1886)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1877-ca. 1895 (photograph)
1872-1877 (building)
- Location:
- Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 10046062
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00239
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10046062.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Romanesque Revival
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Architecture
religious buildings
churches (buildings)
colonnades
Capitals
rustication
Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts
photographs - Description:
- "In Trinity Church, 1872-77, the general vertical massing and polychromy revealed traces of High Victorian Gothic, but the strong geometric order and the French Romanesque ornament motifs were new. The tower would have been taller and more inventive, but structural problems due to th e spongy soil of Boston's Back Bay necessitated a shorter tower. It was decided to pattern the lantern of the tower after that of the Cathedral of Salamanca, Spain, so that to many observers it seemed that Richardson had added a new style to the repertoire already in use, and that he had made reference to specific historic monuments especially desirable. Such a revivalist assessment, however, completely missed the continuity and unity based on a carefully studied plan that were Richardson's most important contributions." (Source: Leland M. Roth. A Concise History of American Architecture. p164 -5)
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.