Photo credit: Carol Yetto
Blessed Trinity’s Sacred Sites Open House
Saturday, May 16, 2026
11 AM – 3 PM
We have been part of the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Annual Statewide Sacred Sites Weekend for all of its sixteen years, and we are once again happy to welcome you to Blessed Trinity R. C. Church on Saturday, May 16.
We are a perfect fit for this year’s theme of “Holding Community Memories.” Our congregants have been holding community memories for more than a century, and we look forward to sharing them with you as part of our construction centennial celebration.
Built between 1923 and 1928, this architectural landmark was the third worship site for a working-class congregation formed in 1906. It is hard to imagine how Rev. Albert Fritton persuaded his predominantly German and Irish immigrant parishioners to fund construction of this near-perfect replication of twelfth century Lombard-Romanesque architecture but build it they did. Docents will share parish lore along with their knowledge of this awe-inspiring structure with its handmade bricks, extensive use of terra cotta, fascinating medieval iconography, and display of more than 2,000 Christian symbols—all “made in America” by local tradesmen and artisans. While highlighting recent restoration efforts, they may also include personal memories of how these upgrades were almost undone by an airborne motor vehicle.
While diocesan parish consolidation has affected every faith community, Blessed Trinity continues as an anchor in its East Buffalo neighborhood. Visit us on Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 11 AM – 3 PM, and don’t forget your camera for the Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Photo Contest. Located at 317 Leroy Avenue (between Fillmore and Grider), the church is wheelchair accessible with ample off-street parking.