The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-20

entrances to the church besides two rear doors
and an entrance to the organ room. AL OF tho
approaches arc OF Prince William red stone.
The terraces will be graded and sodded during
the spring. There are i3S pews in tho builo ing
and the seating capacity isG.o. The entire cost
WAS S3i,NU.
st. Marks Lutheran Church.
The St. Marks Lutheran Church was begun in
July, 1871. and will be completed this spring.
Carl Ruehrmund OF Richmond, is the architect.
j. c. Nesb,t is superintendent and ii. NJ. Fahcn
! stock builder The building Is 97H feet i'm width
aud the depth is l05 feet. II IL locate d on Com
mcrce street and Church avenue When com.
plctcd the auditorium will bc 5'xGs feet. The
chancci will bc . feet inches by % feet. There
l. n transcpt on the right ; feet IN death by ~
feet which will contain the organ and choir
There will be vcstibue of feet AZ tho front
Tho entrance to the gallery will bc thro lgh the
main tower. IL will have gothic arch ceiling Ii
lee; to tho spring and 37s feet high to the center
The inside dimension Of the chapel will he
~ - feet in width and i}e feet in depth. The
infant Sunday school connected with II sliding
door, II fee, wide, will be ! xa5% feet. y re-
the infant Sunday school by sliding doors
There is a stairway leading from the reception
Sunday. school. l9xa5% feet. From the reception
room there will be ~ foot hall leat ing into the
preachers study which will be 9xlg feet.
The entire structure will he finished in rcd oak
throughout The auditorium will have curved
S SecT hon III, seating pS%s The canaeity VIII
square and the height OF the stone work is seven.
tyeight feet. There will he spire htty-ouc
feet. The entire building on the exterior will be
cut stone, neatly pointed. The building, when
made for pipe organ TO ill the LETT transept
Christ Episcopal Church.
Christ Episcopal Church is an evidence of what
can be done in Roanoke in short time by pluck
and determination.
THIS, the youngest church organization In the
city. now only little over six months old. wor-
shipped in down town hall for about two
hA NM tt,o
taxed. The vestry then determined to build i'm
incdiately q temporary church home
Mcssrs Wilson ~ lIuggius wcrc instructed rs
to their desires and soon furnished a p,an for a
comfortable and neat bgiliing to he built ON the
lot owned by tho congregation at $40 Campbell
In two weeks the bids were all in from the con
tractors That OF John +. Barbour. mansgcr
Eoanolc Building Company was ncccp ,cd mud n
contract entered into FOR the buildings compile
ton III sixty daya.
The contract was fulfilled. In two months
Ii ne the structure WIS completed and is an orna.
incht TO that part Of the city.
. he architecture is gothic, crnci!orm as to base
lines, finished throughout in ha;d wood ard
raItcrH showing above. IL seats about 100. The
chanccl and choir occupies the entire west end of
the crucform and Is elevated above the main
Taken together. in the neat hc1uiy and adapt
ability of the building and in its quick erection,
1t stands as rcprcscI tativc OF the Roanoke
magic, which, when dciucd, is simply dctcrmi-
nation added to ability.
Second Presbyterian.
On August o, 1879, the Second PRESBYTERIAN
Church was comp'c tcd on tho cast side or Roam
okc street, between Mountain avenue and High
land street $. W. The building Is OF frame and
cost $1,000. Wilson & lluggins were the archi-
tccts.
The Tabernacle.
In the summer Tabernacle was built on the
southeast corner OF Belmont boulevard and Dale
avenue. One story frame and cost $375
Calvary Baptist.
Calvary baptist Church, K. r. Acrcc pastor
was commenced in the summer OF 1891 and will
he completed in the late spring. 1t is located on
campbell avenue Lear the corner OF Park street.
IL s a two story brick and will seat 20 people
The Sunday school, Bible class and pastors room
Will occupy the ground floor The building will
be G)xlCO feet and will cost SCI, 900.
High Street Baptist
The High street Baptist Church, coorod, was
commenced last year and will he completed this
spring. Ferdinand Hanhus (colorcd), il the
builder and architect 1t il SSX5l feet The
basement OF the church viii scat o people Ii
has large entf +ncc and two retiring rooms 1ix
- feet rhc entrance is 16xlG feet and two
flights of stairs lead to the church, which occl
pics the entire upper loOr The back gallery Is
lhSi1 feet, the two side galleries 1Ox;iS feet
There is 81 haptistry 5x9 feet and feet deem
The auditorium will seat IL people The
tower, including the ineal. will be ll3 feet fro n
The ground. The cost OF the structure will be
H1.tN1.