Trinity (Kensington) Reformed Church (Buffalo, NY)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 315

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Trinity UCC collection consists of three boxes containing: Annual Reports, 1974-1997 (incomplete); Bulletins, Church Records and Registers, 1918-2002; Confirmations, 1947-2002; Constitution; Death Records, 1918-2002; Directories, 1977-1981; History; Legal Records, 1950-1952; Marriage Records, 1918-2002; Membership, 1918-1947; Newsletters, 1954-1997 (incomplete); Photographs; Records of Baptisms, etc., 1918-2002.

Dates

Creation: 1914 - 2002

Biographical / Historical

A chapel was built in 1914 and services where held sporadically. In December 1917, The Board of Home Missions called Rev. William Huber to serve as the pastor of Trinity Church. In 1920, the church was officially incorporated. Land was purchased on Kensington Avenue and Freeman, where a parsonage was erected in 1920 and a church in 1922. In 1922, a constitution was adopted. In 1995, due to the small size of the congregation, the church building was sold and services moved to the Cheektowaga Masonic Center. The church dissolved in 2003. Clergy: William Huber, 1917-1925 Bernhardt Heller, 1925-1929 George Gaerttner, 1929-1937 Leon K. Molter, 1937-1976 Don C. Markham, 1976-2002