Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-10-05
Corner Ssune Laid.

O1 Tuesday last. the cornerstone ol
Christ Lutheran Church on Lewis street
was laid, Rev. J. A. Snyder of New
I Market, President of the Virginia Synod
| officiating. The cornerstone used was
that taken fiom the foundation of the old
church, which was laid in 1858. The Ma.
sonic exercises of tie cornerstone laying
were performed by Lodge Nc. IS A. F. u
A. M, under the direction of Deputy
Grand Master J. Howard Wayt. The usual
records, papers, and objects of interest
were deposited in the stone. On the plat
form were Rev. Messrs. W. Q. Hullihen,
H. Ill. Halves, d. d. D. K. Mcfarland,
D. D., James Nelson, D. D., of Staunton,
Rey. H. M. Wharton, d. D., of Baltimore
and Rev. DIR. Karebb of Persia. The
choral service Was rendered by the Epis-
copal and Lutheran choiis, with Mrs.
those Oh the platform, WAS Miss Mamie
Riser, sister of the lately deceased pastor,
Rev. SidUey T. Riser, who had looked for
ward to the new church with SO much in
terest and at whose suggestion the new
name of the church had been given By the
congregation in place of Central" its old
name Among the Masons who participa-
! ted, was tie venerable George W. Fuller,
now in his S75h year, and in his sxtieth
year of Masonry.
| The new church will be built on pans
| of s. W. Foulk of New Castle. Pa, after
J the Queen Anne style, verging on the
i Eastake. The contractors are s N Bagby
q Co. for the brick work, and j. M. Will
son for the wood work, and the cost will
| be about $4,000. The Sunday School is
expected 10 be ready for use by Christmas
and the whole building by the 18Th OF
| May. The Building Committee Of the
congregation is composed of Messrs NJ.
Z. Funkhouser, Chairman, e. q. Berry, j..
A. Wise and Ii. B. Brown, and the con-
gregation has chosen Capt. David Butcher.
who built the old church, to be general
superintendent of the work.
The church building is Of brick with
stone trimmings, and. with the Sunday
school which is in the rear and under the
same roof, is to be heated by two furnaces
in a sub-cellar. The main entrance to the
| auditorium is in the tower at the corner.
which is 80 feet high. The front of the
church is lighted by stained glass wind
ow 12xl6 feet, made after the style Of that
in Mr.. MoCdy's church IN Pennsylvania
Across the front, near the top Of the higf-
peaked roof. is a SIX foot sto1e on which Is
carved the word Christ" and four feet
| below that is twenty foot sto Ie on which
are carved the words, Evangelical Luth-
eran Church. The auditorium IF the
church is 40 Fl, 6 in. by 81 #. s in, and il
is separated from the vestibule by ieayy
brick arch under which p sses the light
from the great window. The floor has q
foot fall from the entrance and the sides
and tie pews are arrange in anphitheatre
style. The ceiling is Of tongued ano
groovsd boarding, Overland with heavy
sail cloth which is pannelled by 2 inch
mo lding marked off with inch headed
gold tacks. Tle pulpit platform is pei
feet circle. with pulpit on one side and a
, reading desk on the other. Ga its left is
place for the choir and for new or
gan which the congregation has contrac-
ted for and which will he ready wbea the
church Is flushed. To one side of tie
pulpit is the door leading to the mini,
ter's robiug room, and On the other,a door
leading iuto the Sunday school.
The Sunday school room is 26x34 feet
clear, and in addition there is an infan,
class room and Library room.
All the interior of the building is to he
finishe d in hard wood, with walnut pews,
end handsome pulpit furniture. 1t will
be one of the handsomest churches in the
South, and has about it many novelties in
architectural effect, as well as n cd m
convenience.