Abbey of our Lady of the Holy Trinity
Ashton & Evans designed the well-known Quonset-hut style Abbey of the Holy Trinity and outbuildings for the Cistercian monks in 1947-8. That Abbey was meant to be temporary but lasted for over 70 years until it was demolished in 2019. Even during the planning and construction of the Quonset hut Abbey, a more elaborate monastery…
Monastery of the Holy Trinity
In January 1947, Right Rev. Abbot M. Frederic Dunne, the abbot of a Trappist (Cistercian) monastery in Kentucky visited Utah to purchase a 1,640 site about five miles southeast of Huntsville. That tract was considered “the prettiest and most lucrative farm section in Huntsville” (Newly). From the beginning the monastery was envisioned as a home…