Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-02

Theophilus P. CHANDLER, the Philadei-
phia architect, has completed the draw
ings and plans of the new Trinity Protes-
tant Episcopal Church to be erected on
the open lot at the corner OF Delaware
avenue and Adams street this year. 1t
10 expected that cavRtions VIII be
made and the foundations and corner
stone laid some time the forepart OF this
coming summer. The lot on which this
church 10 to be built fronts on Delaware
avenue 100 feet and exte1 ds 200 feet on
Adams street.
There lie no prettier sita for church In
the city. A front view of the architects
plan gives the impression of number
no less than five buildings grouped to-
gethcr, the whole forming beautiful
combination. The extreme length Of the
building on Adams street, including
chancel and nave, will bt 1913 feet, and
the length across the transepts, fronting
on Delaware avenue, will be "a ieet. The
cbancel Is to be SO feet deep.
The main room is to 10 pewed to hold
800 people. There are I'd be two robing
rooms for the clergy and choir, one at
the East end Of the chantel and the other
at the west end of the building. The
church Is to be built pt light colored
Brandywine granite, such as was used in
the erection OF Holstein Harvey's beauti-
tiful bul ding on Delaware avenue above
Franklin street. The architecture Ia pure
gothic throughout. The main walls are
to be low, or what lie generally called
only ore story high, Tie caps of the
pointed double gothic windows reach to
the caves of The roof, which extends TO
| the sharp comb formed tIy the end gables.
The walls are to be heavily butlressed
with towers finished with pinnacles at
the corners. The main tower rises from
the ground and the spirt is to be finished
with dormer windows. The main en-
trance to the church Is undI the tower
through an open gothic 4rchway.
This will, without doubt, be the hand
soonest church building in the city,
though the estimated coat 10 only S35, 600.
Two-thrds OF this amount has already
been subscribed, and 1t Ls expected that
the subscriptions by Easter will be in
creased several thousAhd more. The
rector Of this church Is the Rev. II
Ashton Henry who is I'M 1efatigable In his
efforts to have his church ready for oc-
cupancy the latter part df the year. To
put up the main walls, roof 1t and put
ting It in condition for worship will re-
qulre about 81, co., aAd when this is
done there will be no urgent necessity for
completing 1t Immediately.
This church has an interesting history
indeed its history Ia a part OF the his
tory of the early settlement Of the coun-
try. The church las existed through
the government Of three different nations
and now exis's and tidurishes under a
nation but little over one hundred years
Old.
II II could speak audibly 1t could tell
of the occupation OF the country success
sively by the Swedes, thu Dutch and the
English. Its present prosperity Is seen by
a living people under the United States,
The first chu;ch for Trinity parish was
built 25l years ago. Before that the
swedish people worshipped In Fort Chris
tiana, which was built on the rocks In
the Christiana near where the MeCul-
Tough Iron Company have their works.
The second church was built at the mouth
OF the Chris'iana, but the ground here
was so low ami so liable to be overlooked
that It was abandoned, and the present
Old 5wedes' hurch was erected in 1898.
There were two r. asbns for naming II
Trinity Church-the trinity of the Chris
tian faith oil the church, aud 1t was the
third church building the swedes had
erected. Trinity Chur bb, at Fifth and
King streets, was the fourth church erect
ed 10y the people OF the parish, and nov
they are commencing on the fith.