Category: Churches

Maraval

Newtown

Trinity Church, the first Anglican Church in Trinidad and Tobago, was a wooden building that stood on the corner of Prince and Frederick Streets. That original church, along with all the public buildings in Port of Spain, was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1808. The British Crown granted funds for the construction of a…

The plan to build a house for the Anglican Bishop was conceived in 1904 by Mr Protheroe. In 1908, an anonymous gift of the site by two gentleman enabled construction to begin. Hayes Court was completed by the firm of Taylor and Gillies in 1910. The new residence was named after Bishop Thomas Hayes who…