From Alabama-Trinity Episcopal Church’s parish hall is structurally sound, despite losing its front wall, according to the Rev. Bailey Norman, rector of the church that was severely damaged by a Christmas Day tornado.
Irving Hall served as a temporary sanctuary when the church underwent significant renovations in 2010, members said Wednesday as they gathered to survey the damage.
In a report on the church’s website, Norman said that engineers would be coming today to evaluate the sanctuary area, which lost part of the roof and had a bulge in the east wall. “We will then make an assessment of what we need to do in terms of repairs,” he said.
Trinity was established in 1845 as Mobile’s second Episcopalian church and today has a membership of about 300. The current structure was moved brick by brick to Dauphin Street from a downtown location in 1945 in order to preserve its Gothic Revival architecture.
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