Old Trinity Story Old Trinity Anglican Church was built in 1842 in Blackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Constructed in the Gothic Revival style, with pointed arched windows and doors. The church served the community continuously for more than a century. A new church was built in Blackville in 1970 to meet the needs of the growing population. Old Trinity was still used for memorial services. In 1991 the Canadian government declared Old Trinity a provincial historic site. Time and weather took their toll on the little church. It was deconsecrated in 1997. The building was dismantled by Renovator’s Resources, a Halifax based company that salvages Tom Lee discovered Old Trinity on the Internet and bought it sight unseen. Two flat bed trucks brought the dismantled building to Oklahoma City in November 2000. It arrived in pieces –17 wall sections, 2 entries, 3 gables, 8 original stained glass windows and 6 gothic doors.
The truck drivers who delivered Old Trinity reported that their great grandfather had donated the land upon which the church had been originally built. Father Dale Petley of All Souls Episcopal Church in Oklahoma City began his ministry at Old Trinity in Blackville in 1982. Old Trinity faced East-West in Canada, it faces East-West in Oklahoma. The land it now sits on had never been built on. Some things are meant to be. In October of 2007, Tom had to sell his beloved Old trinity to pay for his ongoing medical expenses. A friend in the neighborhood bought Old Trinity. The church is now used as a wedding Chapel.
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Giving new life to the old church took 7 months. The bell tower had not survived the time and weather so the new bell tower is the only change to the original exterior. The interior was completely bare enabling Tom to design his studio space.