Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-12
TIE CATHEDRAL

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Laying the Corner stone of the New
church or Cath thedral-DescriptiOn Of
the Intended Structure-The ReveF.
end clergy In Attendance-Th he PrO'
cessIOn OF Societies with Baune rsr-
The CeTemOnIes--AddreA reAS by BIshOp
ROsecrans-rhe Immense Assem-
bIage of Spectators, &c. =
= The grounds were prepared, and the
foundations laid during the past season on
the northwest corner of Broad and Filth
streets in this city, for a new Catholic
Church, which will probably, when COM
pleted, take rank as a Cathedral or resi-
dent Bishops Church. The ceremony o.
laying the corner stone of the new struc-
ture, according to Catholic usage, took
place on the afternoon of Sunday Nov. IL
s DESCRIPTION OF THE CHURCH. 9bl,
We are Indebted to Michael Harding OF
this city, the Architect, for the following
technical description of the splendid build
ing, for which the name of st. Joseph's
Church has been proposed: .r..s a,...
The Church is to be magnificent struc-
ture of decorated Gothic architecture,
! known as the Victoria Restoration" ofthe
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. 1t is to
be 1888 feet in length by rs in width. 1t is
to have a clear-story with chanceb nave
and aisles; tower, side porch and a base
ment chapel, 80 by 20 feet. The aisle walls
are to be 20 feet in heighth, pierced with
three light windows. The clear-story walls
are to be ID feet in heighth, and also pierced
with three light windows. The tops Of the
clear-story walls are to be SO feet in heighth,
and the whole heighth to the apex OF the
root will be 75 feet. T
The aisle walls are to have deep buttresses
of three stages. The front elevation is to
have 1ared buttresses, terminated with
pinnacles. There are to Oe three entrances
in front. The tower and spire, when fin
i-hed, are to be 225 feet in heighth. The
tower is to have cinque-foil window of
three lights, SO feet in heighth. There are
to be three very high pointed lights on each
face of the spire. The tower at the base
will be 81 feet square and % at the heighth
of 105 feet. - ur,f.opI
The Church is to be built Of pressed brick
on sandstone base course, three feet high.
The doors and windows are to have sand
stone facings. The roofs and spire are to
be covered with slate. iq1i 'nI i..
In the interior of the Church, there are
to be three altars-One high altar In the
chancel, and one at the termination of each
aisle. The clear-story walls are to be sup
ported by twelve cast-iron columns with
at each end. The chancel., and
affairs are to be divided from the nave by
three lofty arches of three chanueled or
fluted orders, springing from clustered
piers.
The roofs are to be opened, and between
the tie-beams and principal rafters, are to
be filled in with tracery. s1.7 q
/THE REVEREND CLERGY PRESENT. -
The following are the names of the Rev
erend Clergy who were present at, and as
sisted in the ceremonies Of laying the
corner stone of the new Church: -.
Right Rev. Bishop. Rosecrans, of Cincin-
natl; Rev. 0'Reiley,, of Indiana; Rev.
John D. Murray, of Chillicothe, o.; Revs.
Louis and DALEY, Of Newark, o.; Rev.
James Carney, of Urbana, o.; Rev. John
Harney, of Dayton, o.; Right Rev. Edward
and Rev. Joseph Fitzgerald, OIL
st. Partrick's Church, of this city; Reys.
Bernard Hemsteeger and F. X. Speckt,
Of Holy Cross Church, of this city; and
Rev. Hildebrand, Of st. Francis Hospital,
Of this city. -nrra.- t.-ats