A private liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. It was founded in 1823 as Washington College in downtown Hartford. Founded by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Brownell, it was the second college in the state of Connecticut following Yale University. The first president, Rev. Brownell, was an Episcopal bishop. Due to this fact, the college had difficultly obtaining it's charter from the state because of the dominance of the Congregationalists. One of the conditions for granting the charter was that despite it's Episcopal origins, the charter must prohibit imposition of religious standards on any students, faculty members, or any other member of the college. In 1845 the name was changed to Trinity College. The college originally occupied "College Hill" the current site of the state capital. In 1878, the college moved to it's current 100 acre campus.
Trinity was a men's college until 1969 when the college became coeducational.
The college mascot is the Bantam.
Trinity is a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference or NESCAC. |
