The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-19
JAY GOULD'S CHURCH.
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Building an Expensive Edifce.

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Building an Expensive Edifce.
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hood-The Organ VIII Cost $685.
600, tho Windows @12, 900
A Goodly Endowment
When Jay Gould died and disap-
pointed many by not leaving several
millions of dollars to charities,
churches and some saving institutions
in general, great cry of Indignation
arose from an army OF eXpectant ben
efciaries.
Oh, what shame!
How could he have forgotten US?
Like expressions were heard on all
sides when the Gould will was admit
ted to probate. But Jay Gould, it is
needless to say, had all through life a
very odd way of doing things. He
seemed to take delight in surprising
people, and even after his death he
kept it up in his will. have come to
understand Mr. Gould's ideas on phil
antrophy though, much better Of late,
for ! have learned that by an arrange
ment with his daughter, Miss Helen
Gould, thousands of dollars are to be
given away to deserving charities each
year.
Jay Gould dislilled the loud-voiced
proclaimer of good deeds. During the
latter years Of his life he gave iber-
ally to different charitable institutions
and private charitaries through his
daughter Helen. To her he entrusted
the donations, Before his death he
made an arrangement with his two
sons, George and Eddie Could that
their sister should have out of the main
fortune certain sum each year for her
charitable work. Many churches have
been remem bered. The Rev. DIR. Pax
ton, Mr.. Gould's former New York
pastor, is Miss Gould's adviser in her
church beneficiary work. As to the
merits of other charities she judges for
herself
Just now Miss Gould is hard at work
on church project that is very dear
to her heart She is building church
as a memorial for her father. Of
course her brothers are as much in
terested as she is in this work, but it is
Miss Gould who selected the plans, ar
ranged the designs for furnishing and
decorating, and decided that it should
be erected at Roxbury, Delaware
county, n. Y.
At first the mem ers of the Gould
family considered plans for a very
large memorial church 70 be erected
on the present site of st. Luke's Hos
pital on Fifth avenue, New York. Mr.
George Gould entered into negotiations
with the hospital authorities but
they refused to sell a parcel of the
property. AS the entire property was
valued at two and a half millions of
dollars, Mr.. Gould decided he did not
care to buy the entire plot to erect
church on and he didn't desire the
property for an investmen Then
Miss Goulds suggestion of building a
memorial church at Roxbury was fin
ally agreed upon by all the members
Of the family.
! Half q dozen plans were drawn for
the new church by different architects
but the one that suited the Goulds
best was designed il the colonial style
with Romanesque features 1t will be
built of the finest New England gran
ite. The tower is square with a short
bell-shaped spire. At each side of the
tower are large windows, which will
pe filled with the costliest and rarest
stained glass ever placed in a church
in this country. The building will be
250 feet long and l25 feet wide 1t
will be lighted by both electricity and
gas, Il special electric plant being ar
ranged in the basement of the church.
While the exterior OF the church does
not show u very grand structure, it
Will cost in the neigh borhood OF $780,
600 That IS for the building alone
am told by the artists who are now
preparing the designs for the windows
that $50, 600 viii be expended on
stained glass alone, not to speak OF the
pulpit furniture, which will be OF the
most costly description, without being
too pronounced and SNOWY in appear
ance. the oak pews will be OF
imported hardwoocd andrichly carved
The arrangement OF the interior of
the Gould church VIII be unusual in
many respects, and IS the result OF
careful work On Miss Gould's part
She has followed out her fathers ideas
as to what church structure should
b; rich but plain, and as far from
snowy coloringS and theatrical ideas as
possible. The ceiling OF the auditorium
viii DE formed into panels, in which
VIII be placed gems Of art OF religious
designs The interior with its domed
chancel, its transepts and naves its
groups OF chancel arches It's freedom
from galleries and pillars and its
stately wealth OF symbolism and rich
but refined color in its decorations. IS
essent tally the interior OF house OF
worship, impressive in its simplicity of
form and devotional in the feeling it
inspires II is in the decoration of the
church interior that the chief departure
has been made SO far as churches in
this country may Illustrate This dec
Grafton builds its harInonic details from
key note o. blue, using for that pu--
pose gold, white, bronze. yellow. black
green, brown and red The wa;nscot-
ing Is high ana OF quartered oak. an
tioue IN style. This Is finished or Z
cosSnuous baud having symbolic tiIes