In the late 1990’s when I was pastor of The Church of the Most Holy Trinity in downtown Augusta, Georgia (1991-2004), we completely restored the interior of the church using Conrad Schmitt and Company.
We also removed and completely restored the three oldest stained glass windows in the church, the ones above the altar, which were in place when the church was consecrated in April of 1863, while the Civil War was still being waged!
The side windows by Mayer and Company from Munich Germany, were not installed until about 1917 or so, during the height of World War I!
The three oldest stained glass windows above the altar are from another company, and many believe these are Tiffany windows. These three are of a different style than the Mayer windows, but spectacular in their own right too.
Recently, the Mayer windows were removed to be completely restored and are now installed again. These are huge Mayer windows and spectacular in brilliance and of the typical style of Mayer stained glass windows.
You can watch the facebook video of their re-installation by way of a slide show HERE! IT IS WELL WORTH WATCHING.
The slide show is accompanied by the church’s historic Jardine Pipe organ, also restored in my time as pastor there. It dates back to 1863 but because of the northern blockade of the south, it sat on a dock in New York until the war was concluded. It was shipped to the church in 1866 and installed then.
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