Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church, also known as Old Swedes, is a historic church at East 7th and Church Street in . It was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, June 4, 1699, by a predominantly Swedish congregation formerly of the colony of New Sweden.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Denomination: Episcopal
  • Description: church in Wilmington, Delaware
  • Also known as: “Old Swedes” and “Old Swedes Church”
  • Address: 606 North Church Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church Street Historic District and Hendrickson House.

Protected area
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is a national historic district located at , . It encompasses 26 contributing buildings, 22 of which are single family fully attached rowhouse dwellings.

House
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is one of the oldest houses in the U.S. state of and one of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.

Monument
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, also called Fort Altena, was the first settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1638 and named after Christina, Queen of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi east of the… is situated 880 feet southeast of Holy Trinity Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lower Market Street Historic District and East Brandywine Historic District.

Neighborhood
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is a national historic district located at , . It encompasses 132 contributing buildings the central business district of Wilmington.

Neighborhood
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is a national historic district located at , . It encompasses 189 contributing buildings located east of the central business district of Wilmington dating from the late-18th to the early-20th century.

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is the largest city in Delaware, though still small by U.S. standards with a population of only 70,000. Due to the state's business-friendly laws, is something of a center for businesses, with an incredible number of American corporations incorporated in the city.

Holy Trinity Church

Latitude
39.73852° or 39° 44′ 19″ north
Longitude
-75.54054° or 75° 32′ 26″ west
Open location code
87F6PFQ5+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 368340134
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­episcopal
Wiki­data ID
Q5886688
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Holy Trinity Church” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “聖三一教堂”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän kolminaisuuden kirkko”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святой Троицы (Олд-Свидс)”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святой Троицы”
  • Swedish: “Holy Trinity (Old Swedes‘)”
  • Swedish: “Holy Trinity”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fort Christina National Historic Landmark and St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church.

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