Converse Heights in Spartansburg in Spartanburg County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Trinity Church

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 18, 2025

1. Trinity Church Marker, side one

Inscription. In 1922 residents of the Converse Heights neighborhood held a series of meetings to discuss forming a new Methodist church closer to their homes. They subsequently acquired this site at the corner of Norwood St. and Fairview Ave. and formally organized in 1924 as Trinity Methodist Church. The congregation included around 90 charter members Their first place of worship was a one-story wood frame building later known as the Trinitarian Building.

Trinity's first church was replaced in 1938 by a brick Gothic Revival building that fronts Norwood St. At that time the church had around 300 members. The brick church was dedicated in 1944. An education wing was built on its east side in 1949. Members continued to use the Trinitarian Building for classes and community activities until it was removed from the site around 1990. The church was renovated and expanded several more times over that period.

Erected 2024 by Department of Archives and History. Sponsored by Trinity United Methodist Church. (Marker Number 42-42.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1922.

Location. 34° 57.069′ N, 81° 54.772′ W. Marker is in

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Spartansburg, South Carolina, in Spartanburg County. It is in Converse Heights. It is on Norwood Street west of South Fairview Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 626 Norwood St, Spartanburg SC 29302, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate

and in the Greater Greenville-Spartanburg Area. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Converse Heights (approx. 0.3 miles away); Dexter Edgar Converse (approx. 0.3 miles away); Converse College (approx. 0.3 miles away); Marian Anderson (approx. 0.4 miles away); Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg, S.C. (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Church of the Advent (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named Church of the Advent (approx. 0.7 miles away).

Trinity Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 18, 2025

2. Trinity Church Marker

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 18, 2025

3. Trinity Church Marker

Trinity Church, Spartanburg, South Carolina image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 18, 2025

4. Trinity Church, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Credits. This page was last revised on June 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 162 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 8, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.