Trinity Methodist Church is a historic church at 237 N. Water Avenue in

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. It was built during 1916 to 1917 and was added to the National Register in 1977. With . It is a "massive rusticated stone structure in the Tudor-

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style." It was built of stone quarried north of

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. It was asserted in its NRHP nomination that it "typifies the Tudor-Gothic style, with its lack of steeples and flattened arches over large stained glass windows with intricate

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. Although the short towers,

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, and side aisles are symmetrically placed, a Sunday school wing on the north and an octagonal tower on the southwest corner create a feeling of picturesque irregularity. Stone

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and

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provide the vertical thrust in the design." A Sunday School wing was added in 1948.

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Methodist churches in Idaho Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho Churches completed in 1917 Buildings and structures in Bonneville County, Idaho National Register of Historic Places in Bonneville County, Idaho Churches in Bonneville County, Idaho Buildings and structures in Idaho Falls, Idaho {{Idaho-Methodist-church-stub