Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-16

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fashion intended to last for ages so that
today the massive walls are as strong when
first put up. In architectural style it seems to
be NOrman-SGracenlc. being much like some
parish churches i'll England and among the
Syrian Christians in the south of India, with
it, square tower reaching fifty feet in the air.
set in the middle of the west end Of the oblong
square nave. with its slopinS roof, pointed
arch windows and ascending buttresses sup
porting its side walls.
THE INTERIOR.
The chaneel was the east end OF the nave
vailed off. 1919 feet in size. The pulpit, wine
glass in shape. with its handsome sounding
board above. was set against the sink wall about
the middle and the rest of the nave was given
up to pews Two as!es admitted the people,
one from the tower door. five or six feet wide.
and the other from wide square door in the
south wall the two forming a Il. On either
side of the chancel was pew-one for the
warden and the other for the parsons family
Immediately over the entrance from the tower
there stretched across the church a gallery. ap-
preached by steps from the church and through
which the parsOn made his way from the vestry
room In the second story of the tower.
The chancel CeRst) window is lSxl2 feet in
size. square at the bottom and a quarter circle
in shape at the top. 1t is composed of seven
teen small windows, ranging in size from SKI
feet to 2xl feet
The orientation is perfect, the rising sun
shooting his first rays directly through it,
Each side of the church contains four double
lancet windows Sx6 feet in size, and the second
story OF the tower (vestry room is lighted by
three like shaped windows about SKA feet
The vestlbule in the tower has an elliptical
window in each side about 30x24 inches in
dimensions. and the third story has four win
dows shaped much like the chancel window
The dividing mullions are all of ornamental
brick
RESTORING THE OLD STRUCTURE.
The church having been abandoned as a
house Of worship in 1886, in the year 1855 the
Rev. David Barr, then rector OF the church at
smithdeld. Va, and now the assistant minister
of the Church of the Epiphany. Washington
II. G., undertook the work of having the old
church put in perfect and complete order
Since then he has devoted much time to his
labor of love, and with great success At this
time there Is lacking only about 81 900 to finish
the work In the restoration twelve of the
small windows composing the east window. the
nave windows and vestry room windows are
TO be memorials. In the east window will be
one each to Washington (the only memorial
window to him In the United States); Lee
Bridges. tue builder of the church; Rev. Mr.
HUBBARD last colonial parson Of the church (up
to lsO2, when he died); Bishops Madison
Moore, Meade and Johns. yirginias four de-
ceased chief PASTORS Sir Walter Raleigh, Capt
John Smith, John Rolfe, husband of Pocahon-
tas: and the Rev. DIR. Blair, founder of William
and Mary College.
The southeast corner window in the nave
will be memorial of Pocahontas provided
principally by her descendants and the two
opposite ones are memorials of Parsons Hunt
and Whitaker, first and second chaplains with
Capt John Smith in the Virginia colony Whit
taker baptized Pocahontas and married her to
Rolfe- Seven of the other eight nave and
tower windows are memorials of local people
OF prominence IN ancient and modern days of
the parish, and the remaining one. in the
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the Venerable (English) Society for the Propa-
CATION OF the GOSPEL in Foreign Parts and is
given by Philadelphia gentleman who also
gave DIR. Blalrs window and the fine Italian
marble font of the restoration period The
east window was made in London of fine
glass and all the others in New York of Eng
hsn cathedral and American opalescent glass
combined
FEATURES OF THE WORK.
All are paid for except Raleigh's, Smiths and
parts OF Bishop Madison's, Parson Hubards
and Roife's and some trscery- The first roof
was put on the church in 1888, the second in
1857. the third about 1921 and the present new
one IN 1881. All have been of heart cvpress
The original top frame was made Of solid oak
while the present new Que was made of Georgia
and virginia heart pine, more durable than
oak. The window frames of Virginia heart
pine are IN, the walls are ready for the plas-
terer and the flooring and wainscoting are in
hand ready to put on.
IL remains TO be told that one Of the most
charming features of its present status Is the
fact that everything done, except some minor
matters. Is paid for The great window is still
IN London. Under the advice OF Bishop Ran
dolph OF Virginia Rev. David Barr undertook
TO restore the church, and he determined as il
was the Oldest Protestant church in America,
70 make the work national nearly as posi-
Die, and the thousands of dollars that have
been raised by him for this work have come
from twenty-one states and the District of CO.
lumols. while old Observation-Disclosures
Engiand-is represented in the person Of Mr.
Edward j. Neville Stent, architect OF New York
who early In the onerous undertaking offered
and gave his talents for the whole work of res
toratlon-
The contributions for the work more than
four hundred in number, have come in sums
from cent (the first by little Virginia Crib
up 10 goo by a Californian ard have been
made by rich and poor, the eminent and the
Lowry, white and colored, Episcopalians. Ro-
man Catholics. Presbyterians. Methodists Bap-
tlsts and Cnltarians At an early day il is ex-
peeted that the work will be completed and
the 'old Brick Church" again open for the
service OF God as in the days past
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