New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-10
DESCRIPTION OF The BUILDING.
ITS TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE wINDo"s-oi
CANS AND CHIMES.

ITS TYPE OF AICHITECrURE--fHE "lNpo"e-oh-
CANS AND CHIMES
Extensive references have been mace III / He
p,prsy during the progress the construction OF the
Cathedral of the Incarnation TO the more rn"i A""'o
features OF architecture embodied in Its various
a,visions The effort has been made to re-
nroduce in the cathedral pure type OF ihe
Gothic architecture of the XlIIth Century WITHOUT
fits ruder and refined characteristics Inc straeu
and coarse images designed illustrate the world the
a.sb and the devil which strange and unapt to
American visitors the great Continental cathedals
are almost entirely omitted in this reproduction Inc
carving too Difference TO the more sensitive tastes
and better skin OF this age, is far more arts
tic and natural than In the Ola orlgha's'
FLOWERS in stone are made 10 rese"o'e
flowers and heads fashioned afera human pattern
and clusters Of figures modelled IN congfuous ana
,nodern manner But aside from changes OF this klnd
the new and magnificent edfce upon Hampstead Plhns
IA perfect example Of the elaborate ana picturesque
Gothic structures OF medi1val days.
Itis built of brown sandstone raised in colossal blocks
The spire foriated richly and graduated with precise
sympetry rises to au altitude OF 22o feet
tnebes The extreme length is about 40 feet. The
massive oaken front doors are carved hand
someiy and contain tho arms OF the stewart family
tne Clinch family (Mrs. Stewards maiden nanel the
Hilton family and those OF Bishop Ltteohn the Eps'
copa head Of the Long Island Diocese The porch OF
tower entrance which is the main entrance to the
building is paved with white marble In tho centre oil
the floor the Stewart eaameea III brass, show
ing shield with white and blue check supported by
the figures Of a wild Briton and ion The crest Is a
pelican feeding young and the motto Is Iruden'd 81
Constaata" These horadie figures are made special
fature of the main aisle Directly In the centre of the
dtorum floor the Stewart and Clnch arms are impaled,
pamelled In brass On floor in the choir the Hilton
arms are placed. They bear the patriotic motto Cdi
lertas ibi pata" with deer for crest The hoor OF
the antechancel presents the arms OF the diocese is
fnsnlar especially prominent The shield OF
harry wayy crossets the peculiar sign o
thu cathedral 1t supported by dophins The crest
shin ana under all is the sacred motto VIII set his
aominion in the sea-" The workmanship OF all these
arms is superb Ala,
nv far the most wonderful works OF art In the edinc'
ar. rho windows of stained glass aud the musical
facltIes Every window presents theme suggestive Of
the Incarnation The windows OF the porch present sew
rl of the Old Testament characters and events whcf
rengured the birth Christ and over the door Leading
tc the nave are figures Adam and Eve and OF Abraham
and sarah The windows on the south slde OF 'h'
nave show Annunciation, the dream OF Joseph lh
salutaon of Elizabeth, and the refusal OF the stable
the parents Of infant Rsdeser In the first wndos
nj the transept presented the innkeepers refusal
vefuse TO Joseph aud Mary. The great window OF tn
south transep In all about thirty feet high one OF tn
iargost windows IN tho world shows the family Of Jesse