In the mid-19th century, the Rev. Edward) Buchanan (rector 1854-1882) was the brother of President James Buchanan, and Trinity numbered many prosperous industrialists among its members. In the latter part of the century, Frank Furness designed additions to the Church and the interior was decorated with Tiffany windows and elaborately carved woodwork. The Buchanan Building was erected for the Church School.

In the twentieth century, the farms and gentry of the area gave way to middle class homes and working people. During the long rectorships of the Rev. Waldemar Jansen (1915-1947) and the Rev. Dr. Noble M. Smith (1961-1990), the Parish House was built (1928) and expanded (1962) as a community center.

Trinity Church, Oxford looks forward to its fourth century with pride in its colonial past and with hope for its future.

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