Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-14
The New Church In Bradford.

| The Congregational church and society NJ Brad.
ford have just completed their new and conttno-
dious house u worshp. About nine years ago
the ladies commenced having "socablcs To
raise money 10 repair the old house, hat did not
expcnd much, the feeling all the time gaining
ground that they ought to have neie one In
the meantime they have kept at work raising
money In every laudable way 10 accumulate a
fund that should tell when needed one wear
ago last winter they proposed to pay two thou
sand dollars towards furnishing a now church IL
they would build one worth ten thousand dollars
The requisite sum was subscribed during the win
ter and the job was let to our townsmen Mr.
George W farr and T. R. Aldrich Esq, both
skllful workmen The plan was drawn by Mr.
fau, who has obtained an enviable name A.
an architect
The main building Is ty-four by seventy five
feet, with addition twenty by thrty-six feet, but
in reality all one building. The basement is
under the whole and is all above ground, leaving
no chance for timbers to rot ON the left hand
corner the main tower rises one hundred and six.
teen and one-half feet from the sills 10 ton. and
twelve feet square at the base ON the right
hand corner another tower rises even with the
ridge Of the roof, ten feet square The towers are
both slated with red and blue The tower con.
tains clock the gift Of our former toWnsman
Charles +. Cofliss now Of Memphis. Tenn All
the windows Of the house except the basement
are In the Norman Gothic style and Of stained
glass The basement windows are common glass.
with blinds. The ground in front Of the house is
graded from the street 50 that the vestibule {.
reached by six steps From the ,estibulc. six
more steps reach the main audience room. AZ
the left Of the yestbne is coat room, aud at the
right hand Is a flight Of stairs to a beautiful gal
lery over the vesiibulc. capable Of seating about
one hundred persons which is lighted by large
window. The audience room contains seventy
four slips finished in ash and black walnut trim
mings, as Is the rest Of the house
The audience room is finished into the roof 80
that is thiry-two feet from the floor To the high
est point The truss timbers are encased and beau
ufully finished. The pulpit platform and singers
seats are in the sane end OF the house, partly in
the main building and addition. ON one side of
the singers seats Is the pastors study The pews
are nli cushioned with scarlet rep, and the floor
carpc,ed Chair are used for singers The frcs-
cocing is also in Norman Gothic style, aud was
done by W. b. Rolstone, Of West Lebanon, y. H.
The basement is finished into a lecture room
thirty-siS 10y forty-four. Dining room twenty
four by twenty eight kitchen sixteen by twenty
four and pautries and closets. In the rear Of
these is the wood room, cloak room, water closets
etc The house is heated by one furnace situated
In the basement, with one register The furnace
is from Fuller, Warren Il Co, Troy, y. Y, Of a
new aud improved pattern-and warmed the
house perfectly during the last winter while It was
being finished
The house is painted about one shade darker
than pure white, with dark drab trimmings. the
basement outside being all dark dr,b The rooms
are all reached by doors in each end OF the house
The ladies have furnished about three thousand
dollars instead Of two thousand dollars, IS they
proposed few days ago the pews were ar-
praised at ten thousand dollars, and then sold at
auction D. b. Pickett Esq, auctoneer, and
brought bonus Of eight hundred and six dollars
and fifty cents above appraisal The society viii
dedicate the house about the fr,t of July and will
be nearly II not quite free from debt
The building committee, Messrs " b stevens.
Albert Bailey aud Jonathan johnson have shared
no pains To have house that shonld be sati.-
factory and the carpenters, Mcssrs FAR and
Adrieh, have shown themselves workmen that
need not be ashamed, and have done everything,
even 10 the minutest detail In the most noroHJL
manner TO the entire satisfaction Of all the pro-
prieiors 1t is said there was not a false scratch
ON the whole frame. 1t is matter Of town pride
that We have workmen here that can plan and
baad such church, and those wishing to build
would do well to consult them before making en-
sagements. The ladies are entitled to much
praise ior their untring efforts in the cause, for
without them it would have been long time at
least, before a house would have been built We
should also acknowledge the gift Of five hundred
dollars by Miss Abby Wright of New York,
former resident Of this town D.