Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-02-18
The New methodist Church.

The New Methodist Church.
We notice In the show-windoW
of Messrs. Owen & Moore, the per
spective drawing of the new Meth
odist Episcopal church, South, t.
be erected on the North side o.
Madison avenue, corner Hitter street
Mr.. G. g. Rosenplaenter, who has
built our Catholic church, Tobacco
Exchange. Courthouse, Public
School buildings and different pri-
vate residences, is the architect OF
this splendid church edi1ice, which
will ornament Madison Ave.
The lot on which it is to be erect
ed cannot be surpassed by any lot
in the city, for its location as well
as for its shape; fronting 40 feet
on Madison Ave-, and running
back to Commerce street.
The style of the design is classic
Gothic throughout, and the build
ing will be erected of brick with
richly ornamented cut-stone trim
mings, all in the true style of the
classic architecture which we notice
on ancient cathedrals, and which
feature is particularly expressed on
the portico or main entrance, which
gives the character to the building,
being spacious and with broad steps
leading into IA vestibule between
two large towers.
This is one of the few churches
that has two complete towers, one
160 feet high, the other 100 feet,
which heights are only surpassed by
a few churches East and South.
The dimensions of the building
from out to out are 1l54 feet in
depth by a front of 6S feet, with
seating capacity from 800 to a 1000.
The retaining wall for one of the
areas will be with the line of Hitter
street, thus leaving ample space for
a parsonage, to be erected after
wards.
The space for the auditorium will
be divided by four aisles with tran
septs towards the chancel.
The ~vestibule extends across the
entire front of the building and |
gives access to the auditorium |
through four large double doors
the floor of the auditorium from
vestibule towards chancel will be |
slOping, which arrangement has
been proved to give full satisfaction
to the audience as well as the
preacher, and is adopted by most
churches built lately.
The organ will be placed in the
hexedra back of the pulpit, so that
the choir will face theaudience.
The inches or spaces usually
used in Catholic churches for affairs,
will be handsomely frescoed with
inscriptions.
The pulpit platform will be raised
four steps above the level of the
main floor, and the choir seats will
be raised above the pulpit platform.
Below the main, or church floor is
the basement which contains the
following rooms: Sunday school,
infant class room, library, confer
ence room etc., while the heating
are located one under
and one in a sub-base-
nent under library. We under
stand that the architect, Mr.. Ro-
is strongly advocating
steam heating for the entire edifice,
md we hope he will convince the
committee that it, is the plainest,
IafeSt, cheapest and therefore best
node of heating public buildings
Is well as churches, and is mostly
Idopted in churches built within
he last few years, East as well as
North and West. The first outlay
s about three times as large as for
furnaces, but the second year it
)ays dividend already by saving
abor, by saving fuel and being per-
ectly clean and healthy. 1t is SAT-
n too, because all fires of churches
originate from furnaces, and not
rom steam heating aparattusses.
The excavation was already COM
last October, but winter
weather. setting in suddenly, the
work. had to be postponed. The
oil is an extremely fine clay which
would make a superior brick, and
What pity that it could not be
Utilized on the place for that pur-
'ose, but we suppose our City Fa-
hers would have laid in their veto,
f brick kilns would have risen in
ide the city limits, almost in the ,
enter of the city, The selection of
ut stone has not been made yet,
nut will be either from the Bowling
ireen, Russellville, KY, or Bed
ord, Ind, quarries, which rank
mong the highest in the United
,tates.
Mr.. r. is at work preparing
drawings and details, and
he principal contracts will soon be
dvertised to let.