Lit By God’s Light:
The Windows of Trinity Church

The Oldest Windows

Comparing the oldest windows in the church to the newest—a span of 132 years—it is striking how successfully attention was given to the harmony of aesthetics among all the windows.  It is coincidental that the newest window sits in the church tower, visible for everyone who passes by to see, and the oldest windows sit below it, in the Narthex (the entry to the church), and are the first to be seen by those who enter the church. 

The Ella Hill Window (1881)
	The oldest window in the church depicts St. Cecelia, the patron saint of church music.  This window was donated by the Church Choir in memory of Ella Hill who was the church organist for 39 years. England

The Issac Hobart Palmer Window (1889)
	This window was given by Harriet Smith Palmer in memory of her husband, who was the Senior Warden.  During the blizzard of 1888, Isaac fetched a doctor for a sick neighbor, caught pneumonia, and died at age 35. England

See all of Trinity's stained glass windows:

• Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York
  
  
• Len Howard, Kent, Connecticut
  
  
• J & R Lamb Studio, New York
  
  
• Contemporary:  Duncan Niles Terry (PA) & Connick Associates (Boston, Massachusetts)
  
  
• The Oldest Windows (England)
  
  
• The Newest, Debora Coombs Studio, Vermont
  
  

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Photography:  Peter C. Otis, Rev. Sharon Gracen, Jerry Dougherty

References:  Institute of Sacred Architecture, Trinity Church Archives, Dolores Hutch Research Paper