Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-08-13
A SPLENDID CHURCH.

The New Y ork Herald of Thursday
gives the following description of Trinity
Church, in that city, which whe,. finished
will be one Of the most magnificent bull
diags in this country
The length of the church. out and out,
is 1872 feet, extending from Broadway to
Trinity Place; its length inside is 1877 feet
depth of the chancel 33 feet 6 inches;
square of the tower including wall and but
| tresses, 40 feet; breadth Of the church out
side, "a feet; breadth inside. II feet;
breadth Of the nave, 81 feet inches; height
of the nave 81 fee: 6 inches; height OF the
part of the tower now built, l27 feet; nten.
ded height of the tower including spire and
cross, 2G4 feet. The building is of the
highest order Of the Gothic school, being
the most ancient order of Architecture
II is technically called the style of pure
perpe ndicular English Gothic. The main
building was CONNIE need in 1899, for which
an appropriation of s. 900 was laid by,
from the richest corporation in this city.
| The church is now rooted in and covered
with copper, and the stucco work Of the
ceiling Of the nave is complete. The gor-
geous appearance and general finish of this
part Of the Church, will astonish the /" Cog
nosccnh," by the extreme beauty of Its de-
sign and executions. The chancel window
at the rear of the building, is of immense
proportions, being over 40 feet height, and
will, when filled with stained glass now de-
signed for it, produce brilliant effect upon
the entire nave within. Some of the smaller
| xyip DO n G., II 81 H.
r;e.y OF coloring is truly beautlful-presen-
ting almost every shade and hue Of the
rainbow-giving an effect, in the suns
glare, resembling perfect rainbow. The
floor Of the nave is to be highly finished
in tassalated marble. The flooring of the
pews is to be of wood-unlormly carpeted.
The nisles, i; will be perceived, are very
broad. The plastering of the side walls OF
the Church is progressing with despatch.-
Thus it will be seen that the main part of
the bulding-its interiors; far advanced
We now come 10 the tower and spire, in
progress of erection. The height of this
part of the building, as has been observed,
will be 264 feet. The walls Of the lower
part of this s,upendous pile, are ieet in
thickness, of solid stone work, which gra
dualy ascending, diminishes TO 4 feet
The main doorway is Of solid workman
ship. The stone of which this building is
composed, was, after the most deliberate
and careful research, selected from the
quarry at Little Falls, Patterson, N. Jer-
sey. 1t has been analysed by our Chem
isis and found to possess most largely the
| requisite qualities of durability and imper
viousness TO rain, frost, or heat. Lords
Morpeth, Ashburton, and many other dis
tingu,shed travellers, have declared that
this specimen Of stone exceeds IN firmness
of grain and general qualities any stone
known to the architects Of England. We
ascend this part of the building by wind
ing stair, which leads us into the clock
chamber, where the solidity of the stone
work again strikes the eye and excites ad-
miration /; there is to be clock here with
three dials, Of nine feet in diameter. Again
ascending, we arrive at the belfry. in which
there are eig ht large windows Of Gothic
design, according with the general charac-
ter Of the building. Here there will be
hung the celebrated chime of eight bells
which were cast bv "Meirs & sons" of
London, in 1899, especially for the corpo-
ration. The front window, that faces
Broadway, is a gorgeous specimen of this
order of architecture, which excites uni
versal admiration. An outside walk will
surround the base of the spire, which will
be guarded by a rich perforated battlement
of gorgeous design. The work is here
thorough filed with molten lead the &C.
ment in use is spoken of by the artisans as
possessing qualities of durability equal to
solid granite. The architect, Richard Up
john, Esq, is we'll known to this commu-
nifty as the builder of the Church of Ascen.
sions and Christ's Church, and this building
will serve as a monument Of his great ge-
MUS and comprehensiveness Of mind.