Every year we continue the ongoing maintenance and care a building like Trinity requires.
2005 saw the completion of a $53 million dollar preservation and expansion project. This enormous undertaking included vital and extensive repairs to the Church's exterior, interior, foundation, and windows. It also met the need for increased public and parish meeting space and a new bookshop that now serves as a welcoming point to Copley Square for the approximately 100,000 visitors who tour the church annually.
Awards
The quality of the repair, restoration, and undercroft renovation at Trinity Church was recognized with local and national awards:
- Boston Society of Architects Honor Awards 2006 - Citation
- National Trust for Historic Preservation Awards 2006
- Massachusetts Historical Commission, Preservation Award, 2006
- Building Design + Construction Reconstruction & Renovation Platinum Award, 2006
- Boston Preservation Alliance, Preservation Achievement Award, 2006
- Building Stone Institute, Tucker Design Award, 2006
- Associated General Contractors of America, AON Build America Award, 2005
- Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts, Build New England Chairman's Award, 2005
- Construction Owner's Association of America (COAA), Project Leadership Award, 2005
Press
The project was also chronicled in local and national press:
- House of Worship: Staying Power (House & Garden Magazine, Dec 2006)
- Growing Downward: Trinity Church Opens An Amazing New Space (Boston Globe, Feb 27, 2005)
- Trinity Boston Foundation Receives $450,000 Grant From Save America's Treasures Program (The Trinity Newsletter, Nov 12, 2004)
- Restoration Unearths Unknown Painting (MSNBC News, Sep 28, 2004)
- House of Many Treasures Gets the Gilding It Needed (The New York Times, Sep 25, 2004)
- Landmark Church Begins Restoration (Boston Herald, Jun 12, 2004)
- Making New History at Trinity Church (Boston Globe, Jun 9, 2004)
- After More Than a Century, Another Battle Against Nature (Boston Globe, Feb 01, 2004)
- Landmark Buildings Present Singular Renovation Issues (Boston Business Journal, Jan 23, 2004)
Upcoming Projects
The Trinity Boston Preservation Trust's work is focused on ensuring that sufficient funds are in place to guarantee this iconic landmark receives the attention necessary to preserve it for generations to come.