Local church building features past unique from its Civil War-era contemporaries

A Christmas tree made up of red poinsettias could be found filling a corner of the sanctuary in Trinity Episcopal Church on Dec. 26 during the Shepherdstown Tour of Historic Churches.

While the beauty of the holiday decorations and building’s interior design were enough to impress most of the tour attendees, what proved to be of even more of note were the stories in the building’s past.