Jackson Kemper, Missionary Bishop of the Northwest, the same year and the congregation was organized.

[4] The church was a frame building that measured 50 by 22 feet (15.2 by 6.7 m), and was one and three-fourths stories high.

Bishop Kemper was opposed to the Masons presence in the building and refused to consecrate the church.

John B. Calhoun, who came to Trinity in 1850, asked parishioners to subscribe towards a new church building.

The present interior oak furnishings, including an altar, pulpit, lectern, choir stalls, and pews, were installed in 1887 when the Reverend E.C.

He invited the clergy and representatives of the various congregations of the state to a meeting at Trinity Church in Muscatine on August 17.

At this gathering, the constitutions and canons for the new diocese were adopted, and plans were made for the election of a bishop.

Trinity and St. Paul's Indian Mission in Sioux City were the original centers for the people of Iowa to gather for the program.

Significant damage was done to the bell-cote on the front of the church and an iron cross on top.

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