Represents a Gothic church adapted to a village or town, and situated on a slope or hill-side, rising towards the rear. This affords a vestibule and entrance three risers above the pavement, giving ample height for a neatly finished vestibule, 12×25, 4 in. From this, two flights of stairs ascend to the audience-room, one within the tower and the other in the porch. The floor of the audience-room over the vestibule rises towards the front about two feet. It is benched up similar to a gallery. The floor of the main audience-room, from the line of the tower and porch, descends towards the pulpit about 12 in. The audience-room is 57 ft. 4 in. long by 48 ft. wide. The ceiling at the side walls is 14 ft. high in the clear, and extends out at that height as far as the alcove on the front, where a semicircular arch rises, giving the effect of a nave in the centre, the width of the alcove (which is 25 ft. 4 in), and an additional height of 12 ft. 8 in. at the centre, or 26 ft. 8 in. from the floor to the crown of the arch, finished with an appropriate cornice at the spring of the arch. The construction of the roof on this plan is simple and inexpensive in consideration of the advantages gained in the height of ceiling, without the additional cost of raising the side walls. The audience-room will seat two hundred and ninety persons comfortably, giving ample space for aisles, the altar, and pulpit. On the rear of this is the Sunday-school room, 19 ft. wide by 44 ft. long, which will accommodate one hundred and fifty scholars, with an infant school-room at the rear, 12×19 ft., with accommodations for about thirty-six children, separated from the main school-room by glass partitions, that can be raised at the opening exercises. Each of these rooms communicates with the church. The entrance to the school is on the side, through a vestibule, part of which is devoted to the library. At the rear of these are two class-rooms, 9 ft. X9 ft. 3 in. each. On the rear of the vestibule, at the main entrance and on a level with the same, is the cellar, as indicated by the plan. The full width is excavated about half-way back, and only the central portion under the rear, large enough to accommodate the furnace for that portion. This is so located as to be made available for the school-room as well as the church. The front one is for the use of the church alone. The height of the tower and spire together is one hundred feet from the ground to the base of the terminal. The building is designed for brick, with arch stone to doors and windows. The sills, steps, and string courses are also of stone. The roofs and spire are covered with slate, varied in form and color. The terminals on the spire and gables are iron. The plastering of the side walls will be sand finish, and the ceilings white coated. The seats to have walnut ends, and the backs of the pews are capped with the same. The pulpit is also walnut. The windows will all be of stained glass. Those in the church are 75 cts. per square foot. The glass in the front one, over the door, is $1.50 per foot, and those in the chapel are 45 cts. per foot. The design can be carried out with stone walls or of frame. The annexed estimate is for brick, and this and all the other estimates are based upon the prices in the vicinity of Philadelphia. 530 yds. excavation, @ 80 cts. per yard. . 128 perches of stone in cellar, @ $6 in the wall. 30,000 pressed brick, @ $22 per M 35,000 stretchers, @ $14 per M. 95,000 rough brick, @ $8 per M Laying 160,000 brick, @ $6. $424 768 660 490 760 960 6,000 feet of sheathing boards for roof, @ $30 per M Window frames and sash. 180 475 |