Lower Manhattan, New York, New York. rinity Church was completed in 1846, and is the third church to be built on this site. The first Trinity Church was destroyed by the Great Fire in 1776, and the second was damaged by strong storms. When the third and current Trinity was completed, it was the tallest building in the country (a title it held until 1869, when a taller church was built in Chicago). br/ br/021718-2948