| Trinity Episcopal Church was organized
as The Chapel of the Cross in 1858. The congregation built a church
on Walnut Street in 1875 to serve its 25 members and took the name
Trinity Church. The Walnut Street church stands today and is the Quaker
Meeting House.
Holy Cross Church, Statesville’s
African-American Episcopal congregation, was formed in 1887. The
Holy Cross congregation
held
services on Washington Avenue in a building which is no longer standing.
After nearly 100 years the congregations of these churches merged.
Ground was broken on the plot of land on North Center Street at Henkel
Road on June 18, 1967, beginning construction of the church building
that is home to our parish today. The Blessing of Trinity Episcopal
Church was held September 28, 1968.
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