The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-15
NEW BAPTIST CHURCH.
Pr ANS AND 0PHo1TI0A-
TIoNS.
A FINE CHURCH EDIFICE.

The Baptist church society of this city,
commodious house of worship some time
ago determined to build a new one. Their
old place of worship was built in 1919, and
was amply large TOR the congregation that
attended the Baptist worship twenty years
ago. But it was thought that much larger
building was needed. The proposed church
could no, cost much less than $4,000 and
this amount of money the church felt 1t III
cum bent upon the IN to raise, or nearly that
amount, before they undertook its erection.
One of their members, SO we learn, inmedi-
asely offered TO subscribe $4,000, and by
this munifcence the church was at once
secured, and, with the money received from
the sale of the old building. will establish
the new one free from debt. The church
committee engaged Mr.. W. l.. Carroll, the
! Davenport architect, to make plans and
speci6 cations for the building, and he pro
duced the following. which was submitted TO
the committee and church at q meeting held
last evening, and adopted:
The full dimensions of the building, in
GLIDING the choir and organ loft, is to be 81
feet in length by - in width. The first, or
basement story, containing schoolrooms.
vestry rooms, ETC., Is to De / feet IN heighth
The main story, or nave of the church is to
be % feet in heighth, wish arched roof,
beautifully frescoed and lighted from
the ceiling by four patent retiectors, there
being no other light in the room. The organ
and choir are to be placed behind the pull
pit in the semicrcle of hexagonal recess
of II feet radius. Under the pulpit is locat
ed the Baptistry, the top OF which is just as
high as the tops of the backs Of the pews.
The cover or platform of this, with the pull
pit rolls back under the platform of the
choir, change which can be effected in q
moment.
From the side of the pull pit is a flight Of
stairs leading into the rooms of the first
story with n large closet On the opposite
side. From the first story the audience
room is entered by two flights of easy stairs
from the front vestbule. Stained glass are
to be uaed in all the windows in new and
elegant designs. On the first or basement
floor are well arranged Sunday school rooms.
On entering the vestibule one enters q
prayer or Bible class room 10 by % feet.
opposite is another similar room 10 by Ii
feet, a hall between these leads to the main
Sunday school room AZ dy 80, and in the
rear of this main room is q semicircular
infant class room Ia by 26 feet, arranged
with slansing seats. Connecting with infant
class room and main school room is large
library and back hall. Under the main
story off from the Bible class room is q
small kitchen 9 by 10 feet for use at church
festivals, which has an outside door and also
door down into the cellar wherce the fuel
and furnaces are located. The partitions
in the frst story are arranged with
doors and sash so as to raise mp and throw
the Bible class, lecture and infan. class
rooms all into one, making large spacious
hall for lectures or sociaLles.
The stvle OF the architecture of the whole
building is of the Byzantine order, with
Gothic butresses. In the design, more re
gard has been paid to convenience of int
rior and general strength than to elegance Of
exterior. The building is to be Of stone
next to cherry red brick, with plain Joliet
cut stone trimmings. The building is to be
neated and ventilated on the Rattan plan
oy passing the foul air out under the floor
ne So height Of the Campanile, or bell tower
- oo ieet' to be made of brick The entire
ne'en' Is 100 feet. A ssmall yentilatin 9
1oser on the left is 60 feet high. The
en'lancss are all wide, and the doors oper
S onward The work of excava.ing for Ii.
foundation Wall begin in . abort time.