Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-10-13
IN AND ABOUT TOWN.
NO. K.
GRACE cuRcH.

GRACE cURCH.
Grace Church. now in course of erection
at the corner of Ninth and West streets, will
exceed in point of beauty and costliness any
building ever erected In Delaware. The base
will be of brown stone, the superstructure of
Chester County marble, while the adorn-
ments are tobe ehiselled from Albert marble,
brought from New Brunswick The exterior
of the Church will be 150 feet inches long,
and 7e feet s inches wide, and fronts on
West street. The interior will be "a feet
inches long, and 6S feet inches wide 1t
will have two towers, one 176 feet high, "a
etbuilt of stone and 92 of slate, at the south
west corner of the Church; and another, 11O
feet high, 5S of stone and 90 slate, at the
northeast corner, on West street. The roof
will be covered with slate of various colors,
which will be very beautiful. There will be
a yard on three sides of the Church, of about
thirty feet, which is to be planted with trees
and shrubbery, and enclosed with neat iron
railing. This is an excellent arrangement
No matter what improvements may be made
in the vicinity, the congregation will never
be deprived of light and air. The interior is
to be finished in the most elegant style, and
the walls handsomely frescoed 1t is con
templated by the congregation to have a
superb organ placed in the edifce.
The chapel is in the rear of the main edi
fee, and fronts on Ninth street. The exterior
of the building is 97 feet inches deep, ant
As feet inches wide. The interior will be
80 feet II inches deep, and AZ feet inches
wide. 1t is to be two stories high, and bull
of the same kind of material as the Churci
edifce. The lower room is to be used for lee
lures and prayer meetings, and the upper ont
for the Sabbath School, The ceiling of eacl
story will be 10 feet high. The chapel will
be finished in the interior in good style, ant
on scale of great beauty and elegance.
The following are the names of the con
tractors Master Stone Mason, Washington
Cox, of Philadelphia; Stone Cutter aud Set
ter, Robert Scott, of Philadelphia; Maste
Carpenter, Estrange Gould; Slater, William
Graham, of Philadelphia.
This edifice will attract the admiration o
all beholders, and will serve to exhibit th,
liberal spirit which marked the christian
Church in the period in which we live. 1
will be truly temple, worthy of the grea
object for which it is erected, and would dt
credit to any metropolis in the United States
The locality where it is erected israpidly in
creasing in population. Some of our bes
citizens have already or are now buildin,
fine mansions all around it; and there is al
excellent field for the establishment of ;
church on secure basis, from the most sui
stantial material. 1t is fitting that the build
ing should be just such a one as Grac
Church will be, grand and noble structure
which will adorn the spot on which it stands
and be in keeping with the magnificent resi-
dences which will eventually surround it Oh
every side. We opine that we are approach
ing period in the history of our city whel
a change is to take place. The spirit of en-
terprise is awaking measures are on foot t.
improve our commercial advantages, and a
no distant day where now is the quiet hom
will be the workshops of artizans and til
marts of commerce. The centre of the cit,
will be occupied by merchants and manufaC
turers, and the denizens must seek for res
dences on the hills that surround our towr
Already tar-sighted men are convinced of tn
fat, aud the tiao of improvement ! -. AIN
T in that direction. The members of ST. Paul
Church, under whose auspices, and throug
whose efforts this magnificent house of Go
is being erected, displayed much wisdom i
the selection OF the site, and deserve muc
praise for the liberality aud good taste the
have displayed, both as regards the style {
architecture, and material employed in til
erection of this Church.