The Somerset reporter., 1890-02-13
DEDICATION FEBRUARY 10th

center. There is baptistery under the
pulpit platform, and convenient robine
rooms In the basement are reached by
stairway from the platform. The interi
or finish including the pews, Is wholly OF
oak, except the arch mouldings and the
cornice at the pulpit end of the auditori
um; these are of white wood painted
The walls and ceilings in the entire build
ing are painted in oil. The chapel ant
main audience room can be thrown to-
gether by raising some glass and woot
partitions. In the room Just described
there will be $50 sittings, or 49, in all
when the two rooms are used as one
This number, too, can be considerably
increased by extra chairs and settees
The carpet is old red and black, the first
color largely predominating. The cush
ions are of cotton felt covered with
bronze mohair damask. The pulpit, com
munion, and chapel furniture, is OF OAK
upholstered with old gold mohair plush
The floors are carpeted throughout
The building is lighted by 45 incandescenI
lights of sixteen candle power. In tn,
main room there Is a brass chandelier In
the center with II lights Rehectors are
used over the pulpit, in the chapel and
parlor. All these fixtures were procured
through Mr.. NJ A Carter, the superin
tendent of our Electric Light Co. The
furnishings were obtained of L. f Fair.
brother. Stained glass is used through
out the edihce, the basement excepted
This was furnished by Redding, Baird &
Co., of Boston, and gives a soft and
mellow light 1t adds greatly to the
beauty of the house. The memorial win.
dow, which is the square window in the
left of the cut and next beyond the semi
circular ones mentioned above, was made
by the same house, and is a tribute OF
Mrs. Charles Blanchard, of Philadelphia
to her parents. This is rich window
and is composed wholly of ripple ant
opalescent glass. At the top of the win
dow is dove with outspread wings
while at the bottom is the following in
scription in gilt:
JAMES CLEVELAND
Born Feb. s, l793-Died Mar. 4, 1881
BETSEY PARKER CLEVELAND
Born Dec. I, 1796-Died April 10, 1879
"Then are they glad, because they be quiet
SO He bringeth them unto their desired haven.
The exterior is simple yet tasteful. The
walls are shipgled, and are stained 8
slate color to harmOnize with the rubble
wall. All the trimmings and the iror
cutters and conductors are painted. The
painting, staining, and finishing of the
oak WAS done by +. L. Walker, and such
has been his success in this building tina,
the contractors have employed him tc
flush the wool work in the Shannon
Observatory at Waterville. The tower il
"a feet high, and both it and the rubblt
base taper slightly. The stone steps wer.
furnished by G. Y. Bowden. At the ex
treme left Of the cut where some small
pillars are noticed, there is another en-
trance into the building.
Skownegan people have furnished s
good deal of material and. labor far thi.
house. Forrest & Dow put in the steam
heating apparatus, and also did most OF
the plumbing. There are thirteen radi
ators Tor direct heat, and six registers
Tor Indirect. The vestibules are warmed
The boiler is supplied with city water
The frame and most of the soft lumbe,
came from Weston & Brainard. W. f
Bacon and q. L. Billings did the iror
work on the trusses. j. II. Dane made
the window frames. sash, and did Other
WOOD work. The very satisfactory ma
son work was done by James A. Hoxie
A. e. Blunt furnished the most of the
hardware. w. Doran, the Robinson
Brothers, John Tenney, and quite a mum
Der of carpenters have done excellen,
work on the building.
The architects were very happy in their
design and in their treatment of the de-
talls, and the contractors have carried
out the plans in thorough and substan-
tial manner. The editce adorns an i'm.
pertain corner, and in design and con.
struction reflects great credit NJ on
architects and builders. The date of
dedication is Wednesday evening, Feb.
10.