Trinity Church on the Green, a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, was designed by Ithiel Town in 1813 and consecrated in 1816, the first Gothic-style church building in North America. One of three historic churches on the New Haven Green, this landmark was designed by Ithiel Town in 1813, built between 1814 and 1815, and consecrated in 1816. Contemporaries such as the Rev. Samuel Jarvis called its manner the "Gothick style"; it is the first example of a thoroughly Gothic-style derived church building in North America and it predates the Gothic Revival in England by more than two decades.
Look closely at the largely original early Gothic exterior: it is constructed of indigenous New Haven trap rock, a red/brown/orange stone that changes color with light and moisture. Today this active congregation reported 831 members in 2020 and 705 members in 2023, with no membership statistics reported nationally in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $931,470.
Average Sunday attendance in 2024 was 225 persons, down from a reported 535 in 2019. Indigenous New Haven trap rock gives the walls their red, brown, and orange, shifting with light and moisture, while an average Sunday in 2024 still drew 225 people.