Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church #-- built in 1698 by children of Swedish Lutherans who came over on the Tall Ship Kalmar Nyckel #-- is the nation's oldest church building still standing as originally built and in regular use for worship. An Episcopal parish since 1791, the church's graveyard (dating from 1638) is the final resting place of more than 15,000 men, women and children from a wide variety of religious traditions. The church property includes the Hendrickson House, a Swedish stone farmhouse, built on Crum Creek in 1690 and moved to this site in 1959. The farmhouse contains an administrative office, a museum and library. The church is close by the Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard and Ft. Christina Park, where the Kalmar Nyckel's Swedish, Finnish, Dutch and German settlers landed and #-- along with Anthoni, the Black Swede, a freeman from the Caribbean #-- built the original fort and the first log cabins in America. Hours: Wed - Sat 10 AM - 4 PM. Sankta Lucia Celebration Sunday, December 10, 2006 at 3:00 PM.

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