The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-29
Nh, New German. Church.

-... .o.nects ia not unlike the stately Gatne-
80. proad street which was laid IN ruins
-. +ha GREAT fire. The main feature OF the
e.ont "a the massive tower occupying
tho centre of the 'front.' elevation, and
containing the principal entrance and
vestibule. This tower is twenty-seven
feet wide at the base, and one hundred ana
thirty-aye feet high. The corners OF the
tower are surmounted by toliated Iron PIN
nacles ten feet high, as are also the 1rone
gables and the side and rear buttresses. IN
the centre Of this tower, reached oy pfo"n
stone steps from the marble tasseiateo pas.-
ment. ia the main entrance, large Gotnlc
doorway. with massive black-walnut ooors'
Above this, in the facade Of the tower, 10 =
noble stained-glass window, thlrtyeieus ieeS
bioh Immediately above this is square
toce m three sides of the tower, bearing IN
the centre richly ornamented rosette' h-
tended for the reception OF clock. iniS iace
issurmounted by an embattled parapet' ana
above tAis rises the belfry, containing on eacn
of the face-sIdes mullioned sta1ned-glass
vv,ndow. The belfry Is finished with a pedi-
ment. and has a cruclform roof, covered WltR
conner. From this roof springs
. GRACEFUL ocTAGoNAL sPlRE
terminating at its lofty apex In an elaborate
final. wbichls surmounted In turn by an IRON
rod bearing a gilded arrow. This steepie IL
Nv MANY feet the highest ever erected IN
Cbarleston. aud Is believed to oe the ,ailest
snire south of the Potomac. Its height TO lne
base OF the final Is. two hundred and forty'nlne
faat and to this must be added the height Of
the final, thirty-one feet, which makes Inc
total height of the structure from the grouno
two hundred and eighty feet.
The design of the remainder OF tae irons 30
~ ho-monv with the tower just descrioeo'
o,a contains two smaller entrances, one on
oo.h eide of the tower aud two Gothic stained
o,os. w,ndows. The whole frontls slxty.sA 1eet
wide. The sides of the church are one nun
dred and forty-ave feet long, and eacn con-
ta,n two tiers of stained glass windows and
one s,de entrance about midway Of the nave.
The aides are supported by light and graceful
bnttressea. terminating In foliated plnnacies'
and connected by battlemented parapet.
From this parapet rises the steep-pitch TOOL,
covered with Buckingham slate, and hnished
with q moulded ornamented ridge tile. Ihe
roar wall of the church is extended TO include
a ves.ry room at the northwest corner, twelve
nv ffteen feet in interior dimensions. and the
pentagonaI chancel, twenty.four by fourteen
feet. The material Of the church Is orick,
atnccoed. and blocked of In Imitation OF Jer'
rev stone, In alternate shades Of brown and
gray. uu, x.-u rxru,rcE
is through the doorway In the tower ABOVE
deacr,hed Here the visitor is ushered lnto
a snacious yestibule fifteen feet square. Ihe
soor 4, laid In terra Gotta tlling, the walls are
roocked off TO simulate stone, and the ceilings
wbiich Ia eighteen feet high In the centre, Is
grained and marbleized- To the rignt ana
isfsor this vestibule are statrwsys, leading 10
the galleries and organ loft. Immediately IN
frant Ia the entrance to the auditorium. The
smaller entrances TO the right and left OF the
toTer have also lesser vestioules. THESE are
npon a level with the pavement, the three
hroaff steps that lead up 10 the church foor
being inside Of the vestibule, instea1 Oh IN
front Of It as in the case Of the main entrance.
These little yestibules are also laid with terra
o,tta :.r,nr, and flashed with mare'e'zeo
ceIlIns. The Interior OF the church Is no less
atrlnmph Of art and skill than are is archt-
tecturai proportions as seen from the outside.
The auditorium is parallelogram, only inter-
rupted- by the recess Of the caancel, ninety
two feet long and fity-four feet wide, sur-
rounded ON three sides with galleries support
ed By graceful iron pillars, and surnountea oy
slotty Gothic ceiling seventy-tWo ieet hish.
Apartl-col6red light streams through the slan-
ed glass windows, bathing in cold but har-
monious colors the gray stone walls, tne wal
mt orgau-case aud Dalustrades, and diffusing
a mellow glow over the handsome Brussels
carpet, the upholstered pews, aud especiahy
the spacious chancelwith its snoW-White ailar
and nicely carved pulpit.
THE PEwS
are disposed In four rows, double row e6-
tending down on either side OF The main aisle,
and single row along the walls. lhey are
bn,lt of wood. painted in imitation Of black
valnnr. and furnished with siiver.piated
shields displaying their respective numbers.
I'm each aide OF the church the space from the
aide. door to the western wall is occupied with
family pews, faced toward the centre of the
church and having seats along the sides and
eastern ends. This utilizes the corners OF the
church and furnishes desirable seals, where,
without some such arrangement, The pews
would be uncomfortable, because Of the Diff
Guilty of seeing The preacher or hearing the
discourse. The pews are one hundred and
thirty-eisht in number, and, with the gal
lerIes, will afford room for twelve or fifteen
hundred people. The aises are spacious; lhe
centre aisle being six teet wide and those on
either side four feet. Between the pews and
the chancel is lett space for the pulpit, which
runs on railroad track from Its station In
front of thecentrsl aisle to its place In the
corner of the church when not in use. The
pulpit Is an octagonal structure OF black wal
nut, four feet wide and about eight feet high,
divided into panels, and ornamented with
Gothic brackets. columns, pedestals and
eGockets.z
The chancel is furnished with a pure white
marble altar and appropriate pulpit chairs
The galleries, which extend around the north,
east and south sides of the auditorium, are
supported by sixteen triple clustered cast
iron columns. Rising from the eastern gaile-