Characteristic of the institutions and architecture brought by men like Chipman to the new community was Trinity Church, the Loyalist parish church of Saint John. It was constructed largely at government expense and its rector, as part of the British establishment in the New World, was maintained mainly by funds provided from England. The church stood in the centre of the new city, its spire symbolically dominating the skyline, and its clock, like the church's pewholders, regulating most of the city's activities. For additional information on Loyalist architecture examine Stuart A. Smith, Loyalist Architecture of British North America (Canada's Visual History, Volume 43).
