, 1865-07-19
PLYMOUTH CHURCH,
Interesting 0tessloa-Llying Of the Corner
Stone OF their Now Edl6ce.

Ateplosy WA Inc ocefal0n OK ceremony most
interesting to the society OF Plymouth Conerega.
aonal Church md their friends among the relIg
Ions community. Avery good and sat1stactory
mHe-stone or church progress is a corner stone
ol its Few md adequate plHce Of Worship In this
instance the list term Ia applicable to The ente,
prise wfose material portion Is ju.t initiated
The new church structure, whose conner stone
waa laid with highly interesting and appropri.
ate exercises yesterday afternoon, viii be ade
quate to the demands OF Plymouth. and to the
present age Of church building in this city. The
churches, Wabash svenuc. On the corner Of Ed.
ridge Court, far enough eouth to be surrounded
TAI 6u,iness b:osks ior at least twenty yeals, Il
growth Of our business center eouthwatd. Some
enough from trade are biting strongly elbowtd by
and I'll aPa The tst
Committee, Who have sold theif drst selected e!te
one Ior church purposes, whereon their building
enterprise ts now auepic1onsly begun.
Plymouth Church was an otfshoot ftou, the
Fiftt Presbyterian Church, then HprahippInp on
the corner q South Clark and Qton streets,
Ism, the new church taking decided gnti.aiaYerv
Stand, and eombtnlue, under the Congregational
Charter 70 sta1d IN perpetual protest against Hu-
ses1s past tnch has been the change IN the posi-
tlon of orr religious community that It would be
hard 10 decide which has been foremoet the
osP ~ PcbS II se we,s a
oecrpled house Of worship on Madison street,
tlontiDs north on Dearborn, before the l1tter
street "as extended By tbe location Of the Post
with it's church building. the march Of churches
southEsrd, and committed the mistake Of tprnInr
into Edina place. The experienee Of ali ehurches
" AFh fiNt1
mistake lever made BY the children Of eE1l. who
we'll know that their lures must derive suecess
sreDue, Plymouth Church has Waited 10 see other
church enterprises tsr ousstr7p 1t In prosperity.
The n.istakn Is well rennedied now in the new
1t VII be handsome among handsome city
chnsches. eonuedioua beyond any church In this
", etrlng The largest area IN the Rudtenee room
liz style viii be oI The Norman cass. It's mstc.
I1al is the rock faced Athens marble. 1t will give
the entire upper door to The man sudsene. room,
roGus which city churches Ind Indispensable.
1he plan Of the whole building does gre,t credit
TO The .Esh,1sct r. nsndaI vel s9oTn ,p
structure will be x62, ,Oa 1t IL the design to far
nlth and occnpy the lowcs portion fur purposes
oi on ne e. bppr is beio erected
Is 81 by 40 feet, and the extreme projections Of
the tranepts, buttrceset End towers re ,ch nearly
Or H,e in t9 The n1 ot The 70. essh Wy This
the lover story, 1t beltg entirely soovn ground
and IL feet in the clear. In 1t there will be pas
tors s'oey. II By =; parlor adjacent toi u by
80 feet; general lecture foo1n, 40 by CD; an in.
fant class root, g BY s6 feet Bible clas. room,
10 BY 20 feet. beside coal room, jAnitor'e room,
water closets, cloak ant book Eooms, &c. In ad-
clifton to these rooms there will be the corridors,
and IN front the main yeehbnle and etaItwlys 10
the e:cry above. From the pa.tot's study here
Will b. private stairway lesaing to The pplplt
The principal story has t:s msia vestl-
buc IN fiont. With stalFwaye, Also 10 the orches-
Ira over II. aid the ha ance Of this door ia one
large room, or auditorium, broken cr tts 81. es
cny BY the ftahseptsi anu In rtae BY recess back
Ii viii be :irhtca from the eide windows mainly,
'hopgh, NOT .etrictly 50: portions Of il beng
covered, and moderately orranected By RIBS
eprreinc from coil bells on The walls. and Carrying
psndents IN the cetlirg. The eeillcG and walls
This rom viii seat. e1elu,ive Of the orchestra,
s91 pessoEe, or. IN round numbers It has LOU
s.ttines, andin this Ie;peet may t.ke rink with
The building II to be Of stone on the sides next
the st1eetr, and brick In the rear- TWAS origin
ally designed with large tower on the stout cor
nez. but this WAS omitted 90 Aeccuut Of Its ex-
peDte. There Viii. however, be two ama1 towGrs
In the iont. tetseen which Hiil Be large bold
main .iS enssnse e doo,wsy Yin nd NJ several xiadoxs
for tngreEs and egrese auxiliary to the main dovr.
and also a. entrances to the basement. The
foundAtious have already been laid 4 bro I'd and
Deep the lower bed betng Of concrete from
hrte to ten feet wide and two deep, thoroughly
cemen!cd tnto one sold masa+ which ia a few
months will be almost as hard As the stone itseIE
The exercises yesteruay were simple and in.
presstve. The pastor otciated Introducing the
several cletgyuen Rev. Dr.. Humphrey, Rev Prof
and Rev. Dr. Pat,oa. The hox conta.nirg the
usual memorial collection WIS duly depCslted
beneath the mssttve stone. Plymouth Church
u. K1tehelI, D. D., whoee loss to prominent
corgregaton in Dttro't w7s Sold aud notscIe
arqu sltion to The pulpit slent Of tbs city. undsr
wcrk, the future Of E7yGonth Church Ia little
doubtful. 1t will taks Its pllce among the prom
ttent representatives Of eonGreg .t,onzisu IN the
West.