Title

Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, Delaware, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, Delaware, USA, c1900. Holy Trinity Church, also known as Old Swedes, was consecrated on Trinity Sunday in 1699 by a predominantly Swedish congregation. It claims to be 'the nation's oldest church building still used for worship as originally built'. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell. [C.N.Greig & Co., c1900]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D48_333

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,6Mb (3,3Mb) / 15,2in x 12,2in / 4560 x 3646 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel exterior outdoors building buildings religious architecture country tower religion Sweden Swedish church death Christianity location century architectural bell tower cemetery graveyard belfry concept outside B&W tourist attraction MONOCHROME 17th century United States of America United States black & white black and white B W national historic landmark 1900s 20th century American America tourism USA seventeenth century The Print Collector Holy Trinity Church oldest TGN Church of the Holy Trinity George photograph landscape Unknown Cromwell Old Swedes Church George Cromwell Professor George Cromwell Professor George R Cromwell George R Cromwell George R George Cromwell photograph landscape