Trinity Episcopal Church - Atchison, Kansas Trinity Episcopal Church in Atchison, Kansas was first organized in 1857 and the parish was originally named the Church of St. Mary Magdalene. The current attractive stone building was completed in 1868. It was designed by architect James C. Sidney and the design of the building was based on the architecture of Calvary Church in Stonington, Connecticut. One of the thorn shrubs in the church garden was transplanted from the church in Stonington, where the original shrub supposedly came from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea which he drove into the ground at Glastonbury, England when he took the Holy Grail to England. When I photographed Trinity in 2024, the Rector, Rev. Jon Hullinger, greeted me, turned on the lights in the sanctuary and invited my taking photos. He pointed out some highlights and we talked for nearly an hour sharing our faith journeys. He even loaned me a history of the congregation, "A Song of Saints" by W. Richard Wise to assist when I make a page devoted to this church. The current organ was built by the Moller Company of Hagerstown, Maryland in 1973 at the cost of $40,000. The organ consists of seventeen ranks with two manuals and pedals. There are also twenty one Deagan tublar chimes installed in the organ case and played by means of an organ stop. The church has particularly beautiful stained glass windows and I was delighted to learn that three of them were created by Louis C. Tiffany. Even cooler is the baptismal font where Amelia Earhart was baptized in October 1897. The grandparents and great grandmother of Amelia Earhart were among the early organizers of the parish and she attended Trinity as a child during her frequent visits to her grandparents’ home in Atchison. The interior of Trinity Episcopal Church may be viewed before or after services. Their times are available on the parish website. They may also be arraigned by appointment. Trinity Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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