Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-13
A DECISION REACHED
By the Building Committee of the
E Street Baptist Church.
PLANS OF The PROPOSED CHURCH
To Be Considered at Meeting Of
the Congregation This Evening.
THE EDIFICE DIES CRIB E d

Tonight will be momentous occasion for
the members of the ( Street Baptist
Church. corner Of 9Th and E streets north
west. 1t is the date Of the annual meeting
of the church society, and for that reason
alone it is time when many interesting
matters are likely to come up. But this
year everything else Is lost sight of, and
all the interest centers in one matter-the
report of the building committee for the new
church building.
For a number Of years the congregation
have talked of rebuilding. They own a val
liable and large-sized lot, which Is 100 feet
square, and which cost <3OOOO on the north
west corner Of 10th and n streets north
west, and as their present structure has
been for some time inadequate to their
needs 1t was deemed advisable to make a
change. Definite action was taken in the
matter during last year, when at their an
nual meeting on December IA, 1872, a build
ing committee was appointed to take the
matter in hand and arrange for the work.
This committee. consisting of the repre-
sentative men of the church, have had sub
mitted to them and have carefully examin-
ed designs sent in from leading architects
all over the country. from which they have
finally made a selection, which can hardly
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the church. The work and decision Of the
committee will be fully explained with
plans and a water color drawing of the ex-
terror to the congregation tonight, and is
now for the first time made public.
Novel i'm Design.
The new church. If the plan submitted by
the committee be accepted, will be unlike
anything else in the city. 1t is novel in
both exterior and interior design, ana has
more the appearance of a museum or gov
eminent building than Of a church. Its eff
feet will also be more classic than the
church buildings in the city. and the whole
will be a most beautiful and we1come adorn-
ment to the architecture of the capital.
The proposed church edlice, which will
combine in a way the classic and Roman
esQue elements, will be Of white sandstone.
hewn rough. On the 10th street side where
the main entrance will be. square stately
tower, ninety-f1ve feet high, will rise up
ward The building, adapting itself TO the
shape of the lot, will be square, with the
auditorium and Sunday school room both
on the ground roor. and having two smaller
entrances one on N street and another, be-
sides the main entrance. on 10th street.
The auditorium will be amphitheatrical an
form, with the seats gently rising to the n
street side, and the Sunday school room,
which is separated by sliding panels, may,
at the time of conventions or large congre-
cations, be used In connection with the au-
ditorium, the pulpit being SO situated be-
tween the two that the speaker can be seen
from all points in both rooms, and is not
more than seventy feet distant from any
part. There will be a ladies' parlor on the
corner, an infant class adjoining the Sun
day school room, a baptistry, with COM
modious dressing rooms, and a choir loft
above the back Of the pulpit. The seating
capacity of the auditorium is about LUIS,
including the gallery. and OF the Sunday
school ROOM which also has gallery. about
$50, giving total Of nearly 1850. The au-
ditorium is is by IS feet and the Sunday
school room is As by 80 feet. In the tower
is the pastors study. and the basement con-
tains a dining room and spacious. we'll
lighted reading room. The building Will be
electric lighted and thoroughly heated and
ventilated. The interior will be in oak in
ished with hard oil and the roof will be COW
cred with tile or slate. The architect Of the
proposed structure Is 4. n. Lamm Of Chat
tanooga, Tenn. and the estimated cost IS
s5I, 900. - ~-....-.
The building Committee.
The building committee was originally
made up of fifteen members. but one of
them. Albert Sheriff. has died since its or
ganization. The chairman is William F.
Eaton. and the other members are as fol-
lows: DR.. II. III. Gunnell. r. F. Parks, A.
NJ. Clapp, b. A. Farless. r. ". Fenwick. c.
n. Richards, Rev. DIR. j. J. Muir, William
Fletcher, ID. c. Grayson, F. G. Deland, 3.
r. Shaw, .. {. Fox and Edward Muir. This
committee is In turn divided into three sub
committees. On plans: r. F. Parks. chair
man; c. n. Richards. Rev. DR.. J. ]. Muir.
William F. Eaton and Edward Muir. On
construction: d. C. Grayson, chairman:
b. A. F'aress, DR.. r. h. Gunnell, William
Fletcher and 3. F. Shaw. Executive COM
mittee: A. NJ. Clapp, chairman; r. w.
Fenwick. f. s. Deland and o. c. Fox. Will
liam F. Eaton, the chairman of the general
committee. is an eX-oticio member of each
OF the subcommittee.
The committee have no other plan than
the above to submit or any second choice
on which to fall back IL this should be re-
| jected by the church and in case of such
a contingency, which is to say the least
highly improbable, they will either ask for
| further Instructions or dissolve