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In the northwest corner of Harvard Yard stands a building as massive as the man whose name it bears. At 6 feet, 4 inches and nearly 300 pounds, Phillips Brooks, A.B. 1855, S.T.D. 1877, was an outstanding figure of Harvard's Victorian age.
Other clues suggest his influence, such as the enormous wooden pulpit in Memorial Church inscribed with his name and the William Belden Noble Lectures endowed for one who "sought to be a minister after the pattern of Phillips Brooks." He can even be seen, in the stained glass window given by his class, overlooking freshmen dining in Memorial Hall.
One of the most vital and beloved figures in the history of Harvard College, Brooks embodied his own belief that "the great hunger everywhere is for life….All living things are craving an increase in it." Ordained an Episcopal priest in 1860, Brooks became rector of a Philadelphia church during the Civil War, gaining recognition as a steadfast champion of emancipation and, later, of the right of former slaves to vote. After the war, he set out on the first of several trips abroad, visiting the Holy Land, where he wrote his most famous words, the lyrics to "O L
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Trinity Church, a Parish Priest’s Dream
Boston’s Trinity Church owes its magnificent appearance to the Episcopal priest who wrote the lyrics to the Christmas carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem — and, of course, to architect Henry Hobson Richardson.
Trinity Church under construction, c. 1875
Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) was descended from the Rev. John Cotton on his father’s side and Samuel Phillips, the founder of Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., on his mother’s. Born in Boston, educated at Harvard and Virginia Theological Seminary, he once wrote his only ambition was to be a parish priest.
In 1869 he became rector of Trinity Church. The Great Boston Fire of 1872 destroyed the parish church on Summer Street, and Brooks began one of the most ambitious building campaigns in America.
Phillips Brooks
Trinity Church
Critics consider Trinity Church an architectural masterpiece, designed by Richardson, muralist John LaFarge and stained glass artists William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. Finished in 1877, it established Richardson’s reputation. Historian Douglas Shand-Tucci described it as “an American Hagia Sophia.’
The style became known as the Richardsonian Romanesque style, with clay roof, heavy arches, rough stone and a massive tower. Architects adopted t