Trinity A.M.E. Church Explained

Trinity A.M.E. Church
Location:239 E. 600 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates:40.7567°N -111.8836°W
Built:1909
Architect:Howell, Hurley
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival
Added:July 30, 1976
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:76001831

Trinity A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church building at 239 E. 600 South in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Trinity A.M.E. Church was Utah's first black congregation, started in the 1880s. After years of meeting in homes and rented buildings, and one unsuccessful attempt to build a church, the congregation was able to buy this property in 1907 with money donated by Mary Bright, a cook who had made her fortune in Leadville, Colorado. The building was built in 1909 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=76001831}} National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church ]. John S. H. Smith and Allen D. Roberts . June 11, 1976 . National Park Service. and