New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-15
with the view Of bcnehting BY the results OF their
experience.
THE NEW ST AUGCSTINES CHI &c I

BISHOP M'DoNNELL TO DEDICATE 1T TO-DAY.
Bishop Mcdonnell will signaze his entrance upon
his duties head Of the diocese over which lie wac
recently placed by defeating the finest church
structure within his jurisdiction to-day Ihis Is Tue
splendid structure OF ST. Augustnes Church. at siNt
ave and sterling Place. on the day tmt b'shop
Mcdonnell was Installed he made glad the heart OF tie
Rev. T.. W. McCarty. rector Of ST. AuguStlnes oS
assuring him that the first dedication at when hc
would oficate in BROOKLYN would be his church
The structure IL to represent an expenditure Vi
nearly 1900 600 and will include the cburch prop
a chapel and pastoral home. Tie enure Nv ~
of the block in Sixthave.. between Sterling race anu
Park Place. Is TO be occupied by the cn"'o" a"0
rectory, and the property extends go feet III o'erne
Place and 10j feet In Park Place. Only Inc chui'n
proper Is built.
The architecture Is English Gothic, and the dis
tnguishing feature OF the facade Is square tower
rising $50 feet in the air and ending IN II e""eu
cross At the of sterling Phc" ana SlA'" "N''
there is an entrance tower - feet high and 20 ieeV
square. Between this and the main tower Is tie
apsda front Of the church. 80 feet high and "A feet
wide. There are seven small but'resses BANKING inc
early English windows. which are "a feet hlsh ana
feet wide and these buttresses terminate In pinnacle
between which are parnpets. on either side of the
apscs large windows. on the right-hnnd sine vi
the main tower is be the chapel with large "he'i
window above a line Of lower narrow ones. hyihg
buttrcsS will support the gable. and underneath
richly ornamental entrance will I've constructed.
Adjoining the chapel Will lie the pastoral home win
a round tower at the corner Of Park Place. ON tle
Sterling Place side of the church there are bays Ill
vded by two square buttrcsses. between the corner
tower and the tranccpt, lighted with muihohed WIN
dows. The ranscpt is "A by - feet. and has io'y
gable. A magnificent window 30 by l" ice'' MIS-
IT, and is matched by on" on tn" opposite size Oh ''
church The chancc is apsida and Is 10 be Joined 10
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general style of architecture the church ana three
st.rie, i'm height The church is built Of brpwnStOne
richly carved and ornamented, and the roof Is OF
tiles.
Upon entering the church l. struck by
it, cathedral like size The In 100 feet deep ana
10 feet wide. and the ceiling Is 80 feet from the moor
Tic ases are each Ii feet wide mailing the entire
width - feet There are five pillarG supporting the
roof on each side Of the They are columns OF
red and gray granite alternating. with Crna
mented bases and carved capitals. ana sup
port the vaucd and grolncd ceiling The
intcro- has galleries. and the seating capacity
Is loo A feature Of the interior Is the immense
chancc and the splendid lamp hanging In it, which
cost $4,000. The walls Of the church are wanscoted
I'm Tennessee marble and the steps Of the chancel
are marble while the aiscs are laid with mosaic
The woodwork is Of polished oak. The organ from
the old church has been placed I'm the recess between
tho entrance and the handsome choir gallery, the front
of which is brightly polished marble The
church will be lighted with electricity and gas.
The lamps depend from the ceiling by long iron chains
The walls are decorated in quiet colors. but the
richly stained glass windows and the mural decorations
add greatly 10 the Interior Of the church.
The cornerstone Of The structure bears date OF looo
and the work has BEEN done slowly, 50 That the
building may be more thoroughly adapted TO the nses
To which 1t IS to he put. The structure IS on" OF
the finest in the city. and compares favcrably with
| an IA tNg
| which represents an expenditure of s21oOOp
| II. Augustine's parish organized In 1870 when
a meeting was held at The house 81 Colonel Michael
Bennett. No. 80 St. Mark ave Mass was first said
by the Rev Louis ! Rhatgan. I'm "A honse In warren
t. At the organization meeting ~ 800 was subscribed
and the parish laid ont within the limits Of
! Third Carlton and Atlantic and Ninth st. sew
cra Others have since been carved out If this terri
| tory In tn, absence Of Bishop Loughn IN Europe.
| the cornerstone Of the first structure laid at
| Filth ave. aud Bergen 1t. November L. 1870. by
Vicar General Turner. In the following March inc
| structure was opened Father Khailgan continued In
charge Of the parish until 1875. when he died, and
| wa, succeeded by the Rev Edward W Mccarthy. who
had been nm assistant -. Peters Church. He Is
stIIl the rector and has dono much to advance the
| Interests Of the parish. When the Union Elevated
Railroad Company sought secure consents OF prop
crty owners for the erection of its structure In Fin
| ave-. determined opposition was expressed by 81
| A.giIstln.s Church In despair OF oonquerinS II IN
| any other WAY the company finally purchased the
church property for 10000. and steps To erect the
| new building were taken. Meanwhile the
work Of tho parish has been Kept up In the Old
| building and The school adjoining.
The Rev. +, W. NcCar'y Is now forty ,onr year:
| old He born in Brooklyn. and was educated at
| II Francis Xavier College. Now York. whore he
snatc Of Bishop VI Donncn aud a the seminary Of
our Lady Of Angel, at Niagara Falls, where he was
ordained In 1870. lie began his work In the Church
81 the Visitation and after four wear In went 70 st.
Peter. Church to nssst Father FnnsioN. He Is a
| t.nr,1.h student aud M able prS,cher and has dk
paycd much financial ability III carrying forward me
work 4 erecting the new church. which Will remain ms
| monument - ,,,.,,o o.
nishop Mcdonnell Will conduct the dedica'ion ana
three other bishops will take part ~ me servloe-'
Hi,hrp Lufden Of syracuse will celebrate high mas s.
| n-sl-rsI by the Rev: Messrs. Martin O9rroll W. -
| J. l. Duffy Thomas Iaafc ana :. J. McNhiIlhfi
| bishop r x Chnpplc. u santa Re, VIII picach IN
M. morning and Bishop O'farcll, Of Trenton, Ill INC
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