Trinity Episcopal Church / Montgomery Schuyler

Trinity parish was organized in 1836. Early services were held in a log schoolhouse. The Reverend Samuel Buel assumed duties as the first pastor in 1838. This native Marshall sandstone building, with its Victorian interior, was completed in 1864 at a cost of $9,982. The architect was Gordon W. Lloyd of Detroit, and the builder was Nathan Benedict of Marshall. The Marshall Historic Home Tour originated here as a Kitchen Tour sponsored by the Trinity churchwomen. Montgomery Schuyler Trinity’s second minister, Montgomery Schuyler (1814-1896), was born in New York City. He came to Marshall in 1835, entered a hardware business, began a Sunday school, and helped found Trinity. He was ordained and made pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church in 1841. In 1842 he founded St. Thomas’s Church, Battle Creek. He founded St. John’s parish in Buffalo, New York, in 1845 and was rector and dean of Christ Church in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1854 to 1896. He is buried in Marshall’s Oakridge Cemetery.