The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-11
NEW CHURCHES IN NEW YORK.

billy Of an early oouspiessoa-
Foreign tourists VIC have vtsd this country have sni
advered with severity on the want
md originality manifested in ,shs a.chite sure Of the
oag, cnes Of this city chaSs cd Ast - works Of sxt
he est Of them are Ansnable 70 mash criticism, and
sno~ low standard o. taste "a the metropolis OF the
nct<- repabhc. The few rsgo1s edi6sss have that
seseSS, any commendssssz ecres, he originals Of
which, ay be found n every capital Of Europe, and 20
Or. 1H raid, We have developed new des In art, and
sass hs-se CT worship Ano csn n s conception and
execu VIZ e - ye, unkEo=I.
There doubtless must Ilih In this criticism, and Il 70
aVetio5 whether, after Ell ;he money fI; has been
fpent by wealthy religions corpocns, We hAve, as
ye ons chuxch that reSecx credit upon the frsi city
he American continent.
TIE gree, dionlty 20 10 that ~ 20; We Lave no
scbool Of educated arohects nearly I'll the
7sns ere frlrssd BY Ger-sas and Enslshren, OF
very clever bu. wacsre Of course pTe1diced
ssvos Of si prevalent IN he countries they
rom fhere Is asno field open Cor young Americans Of
y-rus and ta n architectural science, and 6sy should
by al means avail themselves of ts.
ne churches We about deaersSe make rrotslcs
70 splepdors the ctore des.rsd to make thon
pest ard comfortable
EAw sErHooIsr ccuRCH ON FOURTH AvEEcS.
rpo congregation vhioh formerly worshipped IN the
Mulberry Airee, Methodist Episcopal church erecting
new pce Of wc,tip &: the OF Fourth snd
Twenty second street TIE foundation of he lecture
hes already been Laid and viii 10 completed by
he Isl O. January neS he gregAtSa DESTROYS
o. occupyrg 1t curiNg tho time Il t.kes 70 bGili the
church, wsich ID not be Al.koed before October 1855
The oi oa which the church. lecture and psrson
age to Ks bu;, has fon Of ninety eight feet nine
lseet fegIe1nd bousL. .asi year, and cost about
S4abo ne church Will hssa front OF ~ tact aud
An he rear IRON: of 81 fees twenty stree.
Al depth If u feet
his church e t, be n .hs Romsueque style
seyior o-namen asoc It VII DO remembered that
his ssis oss~ betweeD the Gothic and
Roman, he butusr and pinace that distinguish
The former styles Gro Ireerved, VILE the windo ~,
Doudings and orpame1J psrtake CT tie rounded grace
u cuives o. the latter Perhaps the toe. specimen Of
This syle Of architecture s The church az the OF
h avenue Snd rs enty 9th street but that edf;e 10
10; pure RomAzeteue, ws.ch 1t is nisIisd 10 folo~
stctiy In the ucs.on q the FOURTH xe Qrab
Ins material chosen fcr badiDg th1 okGr white
marble. IS In Zee ing VIII the style Of architecture,
ou, Of ace with brown stone other dark materials
fuckaho'e white mAi5le 10 thelrSyiety 10 be used
lssd eIor o. nM caIfaS WI n0s present Aay very
mere DESTROYS OF having ncat con~sert edfce for the
oonpet alton 70 worsbipn than ,howy costly tabernacle
YeculiAri'es or the Methodsls There s to be tower
coz tanning oelfry Ard apire, the height Of which
prscip. bu srs..e. viii be 80 Zee. hi1s he heSs.h 70
the rioge OF the roof VIII be Go feet
II present neat and chAs,s Appearance The wal are
10 be painted In imitation Of free aione and the colornS
throughout viii be suodred but elegant obscured gsss
70 be sd for the windo ~, which viii do away win
he necessity Of shsdes 70 keep out the he
he OF mahogany and he seats Of white pine the ceiling
or each aide the walls snd t~o 10 the body
n the church There will be two aide gearse and an
S pp .h t0r chy c.1res aees
The pulpit viii be plain oesk, situated shAe~ reces,
and all have free open sppearance, very different from
We sin u.uped up puipn heretofore 20 much In vogue
The ooer OF the hotery has yet been mined
gooo but IL win be Of quiet shade IN keeping with III
.6ar,. rter OF The In erior Of the Oh rch
This or -ch Will seat, when coDpletsd, full 200 per
,ons ana Az to- auditors ~ be aoe 70 see the OH aang
,e,Tyn.n, NOT h-sys regarded In the oor;
tyucs N Of chuIches This ince will be finished and
-osdy for occupancy by the lst q us.ooer, 1858
A me couertES..c. are how -r:h.spinS 1--WE
wooden chapel on Me grouod deemed de-sraaW
sres The lecture room nr,t to socom nods'c them, s
he workmsn are nov pushing II forward rapidly. Toe
arst toor Of the lecture room ell be divided in &c
rooms for the accommodation Of the classes On the 20
story will be large thai viii seat 800 persons
vii be used for lectures during the week. aud also
Abbah school, The furniture and decorations will be In
By furnaces for warming The church closets and the ike
= n also Intended TO build . parsonage adj lining the
church, Foarh avenue, but the details have not yet
me D ndpe committee under whose auspices this
church has been commenced James r. Place, George
4 L Roberts, Of Brooklyn, Is the Uchec, John Gal
let, the car enter; and Dewia C. Weeks, the massn.
THE NEW BACK CHURCH.
The congregation wbch formerly wonhipped In the
n Oh Church In Nassau street, erecting new regi
tahce al the Of Fifth and thirty seventh
street, whsh VII be . conspicuous, II not attractive
ornAmea, 70 that part Of the city. The lot which the
chuIch be situated 100 Zee, the avenue and leo
Feet on the street, and cost The congregation when bought
some few year, back SIS 900 or this grouns The church.
Including the room v occupy Of so fee,
BY lbo ieet II would be dloan 70 what style o.
sohi.ectare can be called ~ncn ball. but -il be moro
a nU In A isaLs ebs
rscscr and Heterogeneous mixture Of diverse, and in
deed, anonymous ETY. les and the result though m.y
saEGActory 70 the uidlng committee, can hardly DO
deemed . success IN an arusuc point OF view.
One Of the great architectural OF the century
sbAn oameni q he emsepty Chri.llAn sl OF srcbi
sct1re ne Rom and the Gothic, In favor OF the
5recAn ,pes, watch, .csetnss with iv offspring. the
Roman, the aier Of Sir Christopher Treu
have poa only their origin In heslhenism out begin
ns 10 be svowecly uul for be Purposes Of Chri.sn
snip The Idea that We must abandon toe ~ Of
Christian architecture b. toe Eng
snureses have had The good as 10 adnre 10 H. ha been
Lag .mned by the clergy and leading men Of our
more Intelligent Protestant congregational ha. been
rked win pleasure tnas reoeouy Methodist Bagtst
400 Unitarian churches have ben erected In ihese for
soden Tbe brck church congregation be
oonservaiive 70 Yield 70 this feeding ~
cnsc o; she Corn bisn Architecture ,hoss fhe Officially
win these od Grscan st lee 10 Thai they
tended fof Congregations and hence their naked square
sess aId want scou,tc Aannes- They are entirely
aSted Tor preaching
This rehgoas coifce ~l be ~ Philadelphia pressed
s',s, richly aud elAboraieiy umned with oro~p
ano ornsmented ~ih various fAnciul devices In lpg
rilh The character OF The materials There b. be
ooa,aDibs befry and tpre, mat Gill reach tie height
szo ices Me entre speple will be Of bro~n Toe
~cs1re 70 M scr ION room &C viii be uoder the
ROOT and nected In aods " preserve the hsrmo.
o. OF The Architecture There will be yard be
tween The chesch and the sidewalk Of fifteen feet
The saotoriom 10 70 be any ieet Ia beghth, and
-ftD the gssries about 1900 persons be sccommo
sstd ne singing gallery iii be behind the pulpit, els
rsheo tn feet above the door Of the btter -n fioai
n soAshOla Oofinihian columns and dome tder
snsn he hor WI be seated There are 70 be three eo
s~Scss The CsAnce frcm the ground 70 the prt cipal
Netee VII De " feet Inc furniture and upholstery Of
Ne chnrch VII b. IN seeppg stn the oharacter OF the
srcntecure. We pn eour argey into the construction
ne DHialns' Inc cell Nc oil be peculiar; the
oofpioe VII be OF CEintbean order, with plain
noohnops snd nc cat amenis. The brick pla iers
Se De sreuel snd Oon1han capitals AMI bases sfter
me en- ample from he rcm Of JaIter tAtor are W De
1ut AZ. Connscicut AM Ne- Brunswick bro IN ssore