Exterior of the north side of Trinity Church, looking up at its steeple through green leaves as the sun streams through.

Visit & History

Before the first bell rang on Wall Street, before the Statue of Liberty stood watch over New York Harbor, before Alexander Hamilton wrote his way to revolution, Trinity Church was established at the heart of a burgeoning city — and nation. More than three centuries later, we’re still serving our parish. Visit us to explore our past and present.

Trinity Church

St. Paul's Chapel

Trinity Commons

The Retreat Center

Uptown Cemetery

Rectors

The monument marking the grave of Alexander Hamilton

Cemetery & Churchyards

Famous Members

9/11

How St. Paul’s Chapel endured as a beacon of hope

Alexander Hamilton

Visit the gravesite of Trinity’s most famous parishioner

Handel’s Messiah

In a city full of Messiah concerts, ours is "the gold standard”

Trinity’s Pipe Organs

A multiyear renovation project nears the finish line

Jazz Icons

World-renowned musicians play at Trinity

Woman pulls an archival box off of full storage shelves

History & Archive

FeaturedNovember 6, 2020

Your Personal Home Archives | Ask Trinity Archives

Most of us are certainly not trained archivists, yet we all tend to collect and save certain items that are important to our personal or family identity. So we can all benefit from expert advice on preserving those treasures. Watch the latest episode of Ask Trinity Archives with archivists Joe Lapinski and Marissa Maggs.

FeaturedOctober 15, 2020

Digitizing History | Ask Trinity Archives

Does a device as simple to use and as ubiquitous as a scanner provide the path that brings historical artifacts into the digital age? Good question. The answer is more complicated than you might think. Watch the latest episode of Ask Trinity Archives with archivists Joe Lapinski and Marissa Maggs.

FeaturedOctober 2, 2020

Alexander Hamilton’s Church Attendance | Ask Trinity Archives

If we could somehow be transported back in time to a Sunday morning in either the late 18th or early 19th century, how likely is it that we would see Alexander Hamilton sitting in a pew during a worship service?

FeaturedSeptember 18, 2020

NYC Real Estate: 17th-Century Style | Ask Trinity Archives

Ask Trinity Archives deals with the history of Trinity Church Wall Street, which is now into its fourth century in the same location in Lower Manhattan. A viewer of the video series recently sent a question about the origin of Trinity’s ownership of the land at Broadway and Wall Street.

FeaturedSeptember 3, 2020

Four Centuries of Artifacts | Ask Trinity Archives

The archives of Trinity Church Wall Street is a rare place, where digital records produced on a laptop or photos shot on an iPhone can be found alongside documents from the 17th century written in ink on parchment.

FeaturedAugust 20, 2020

A Child’s Short Life Remembered | Ask Trinity Archives

The status of the churchyard of Trinity Church Wall Street as a final resting place is significantly older than the parish itself.

FeaturedAugust 6, 2020

Philip Hamilton’s Final Resting Place | Ask Trinity Archives

Alexander Hamilton died in his late forties, killed in 1804 in a duel with then Vice President Aaron Burr. Less known, at least until the Hamilton musical, is the death of Hamilton’s eldest child, Philip, at age 19, also in a duel, in 1801.

FeaturedJuly 24, 2020

Personal Favorites of Our Archivists | Ask Trinity Archives

The history of Trinity Church Wall Street spans more than three centuries, and overlaps the history of both New York City and the United States, with those documents and stories preserved in an extensive archive.

History and ArchivesJames MelchiorreJune 11, 2020

The Elaine Race Massacre: Truth Before Reconciliation

An announcement of the publication of the book "Damaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and a Story of Reconciliation" by Trinity Church Wall Street parishioner J. Chester Johnson

History and ArchivesMarissa MaggsMay 21, 2020

War and Remembrance in Trinity Churchyard

On Monday, the nation pauses for Memorial Day, to remember the individuals who died in service of the country’s armed forces. While many veterans are interred in Trinity parish cemeteries, fewer are buried here who died while serving. General Richard Montgomery and Captain James Lawrence are two notable exceptions.