Trinity Episcopal Church

224 North A Street

About two dozen Cowley County residents met on, December 27, 1884, a cold winter night, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wyard E. Gooch to sign a resolution to establish a Protestant Episcopal Society. The society soon made arrangements with the Reverend Mr. McKay, of Emporia, to conduct an Episcopal service at Highland Hall in downtown Ark City (where the Burford Theatre now stands).

The cornerstone of Trinity Episcopal’s present stone church building at the southeast corner of A Street and Walnut Avenue was laid on January 1, 1922.

The church is built of Silverdale stone and adheres to the Gothic architectural style typical of Anglican churches.

Trinity added a new Education Building to the south of the church in 1959, at 220 North A St. It has served as a multipurpose building, and also as a gymnasium and day school.