The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-08-12

MANIToW0O WISCONSIN,
THURSDAY. AUGUST II. 1869.
Communicated
TIE NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Although It was hoped that the church
project would be advanced much further
by this time, the Trustees are now ex-
pecting with especial advantages in all
respects, to place themselves in readiness
to push this undertaking to its compile
ton by next Summer.
This Church is to be built ofbrick, and is
to be located in, and on that abrupt bluff
on the northwest corner of State and
Eighth streets; diagonally opposite the
Norwegian Church, on the North side Of
the river. The Church is to have
basement under the whole of it, of thir-
teen feet elevation, which will rise Just
about to level with the top of the bluff !;
and above the basement, the side walls
rise twenty-five feet, and the gables still
above these side walls, so high as to make
the apex of the ridge above the top of
the foundation wall sixty-two and half
feet. The body of the Church is to be
eighty by forty-eight. with its front to
the Lake, and It's side to the South !:
rearing the full length, to the hight of
the part above the basement, above all
the buildings of the village in the valley
of the river; and giving it the same
prominence that is now occupied by that
superb residence of Jarvis Platt ESQ.
At the south east angle of the Chulch-
on the corner of Eighth and State streets
is to be placed tower, sixteen feet
square at the base, rising in symmetrical
proportions, and terminating in spire
whose top will be one hundred and eigh
teen feet above the top CT the foundation
wall. This tower is to be provided with
belfry arranged for bell of fifteen hun
dred pounds weight; and, above the bel
fry, are to be clock dials on the four faces
of the tower, 10 accommodate the village
at all points of the compass with the
town time. By way of relief to this
steeple, in front, near the north east angle
there is to be an octagonal tower, rising
to a hight of seventy-fve feet and be-
tween the two towers, is to be inserted
magnificent front window of 2Os feet by
l3f feet, which perhaps. some large
hearted gentleman will take pleasure to
give, properly finished with stained glass,
in touching memorial of some dear de-
parted one whom thus he would honor.
One of the main entrances-the main en-
trance indeed-is from State street, thro'
the base of the main tower, opening into
the interior space which is ten feet square.
This space will have door leading from
the left hand side into an entrance from
which two doors will open one into
front prayer, or bible class room eighteen
by twenty-eight feet in size, of capacity
of seventy-fve adult sittings; and the
other door into the adjoining interior
main Sabbath School and Lecture room,
forty six feet square and of capacity of
three hundred an1 sixty adult sittings;
and separated by folding glass doors from
the bible class room. At the north east
corner of the basement is to be an apart
ment for fuel and furnace eighteen by ten
feet, having space for fifteen cords OF
wood; and at the north west corner, an
other room, eighteen by twelve feet, for
like purposes, designed also to furnish
kitchen accommodations on festival and
social occasions, when it is desirable to
supply coffee, oysters. and ice cream. At
the south west corner of the basement is
to be still another room nineteen by
twelve feet opening into the main Sab
bath School room, and designed for
classroom purposes, with capacity of
about forty adult sittings. The rooms of
the whole structure will conveniently &C.
commodate Sabbath School of four or
five hundred membership. From the
middle back or west end of the basement,
an outside door opens into passage-way
seven feet wide, leading into the main
Sabbath School room, and also having a
stairway leading to the upper story back
of theapulpit, and under the orchestra, to
to rooms each side of the orchestra and
pulpit.
And this brings us to description of
the upper, or main audience room. This
room, besides the back passage-way al.
ready mentioned, is directly reached by a
flight of winding stairs within the tower
from the basement and by a door on the
north side of the building, near the front
north angle, yet sufficiently far from the
angle to admit of dormer projection 10
the roof to protect the passage from drip
ping caves. This last named entrance is
designed to be approached by carriage
way, commencing from the north east
corner Of the lots and continued past the
door to stalls in the rear part of the lot
provided for horses and carriages. From
both this north entrance and that thro
the tower there are passage ways making
double entrances into the audience room
Of the church; and these entrances, from
either side, are symmetrically arranged
so as to form an interior view exactly COR
responding, and each having two interior
doors. The audience room, in extreme