The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-05-31
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Final Report Of the Building Com
mittee.
Your Building Committee hereto
fore appointed, would respectfully
their final report of the
building of the new church, which
has been completed since our last
annual meeting, and for the sake of
preserving the history of the build
ing, which will doubtless be of in
terest to those coming on after us,
we submit report covering the
origin and progress of the enter
prise from beginning to end, in as
brief a manner as can be done in
telligently.
AT the annual congregational
meeting held in the winter of 1882,
the exact date of which has been
lost, attention was called to the
manifest evidences of decay and
delapidation of the old church, and
it wasssuggested that the time was
speedily coming, when a new edi-
fee would be absolutely necessary.
A plan was also suggested, of secur-
ing annual payments OF stipulated
amounts, so far as possible, and
burying grounds, added $500; on
April 25th 1884, Mrs. R. F. Walker
gave $1,000, and on the Both of the
same month, Rev. T. T. Alexander,
missionary to Japan, who had
gone from us, added $1,000 more.
these contributions were follow.
ed by funds raised from readings,
recitatiOns and other entertain
ments, as well as other gifts added
from time to time by different
parties, interested in the welfare
of the church.
The plan of giving a certain
amount in annual instalments was
not generally adopted, however,
many claiming that they did not
want to wait so long for the new
church, and preferred to give at
once when the work was begun,
and have a new house at an earlier
day, and so the first subscription
paper was dated October 3rd 1888
The fund accumulated from year
to year. until the church felt able
to begin work. Rev. Donald Nc.
Donald, who was then in charge OF
the church as acting pastor, entered
most heartily into all efforts TO-
wards raising money for this
purpose.
At a congregational meeting
held August q, 1886, a Building
Committee was appointed, consist
ing of Rev. II. J. Lamar, Rev. G, S
w. Crawford, Will A. McTeer
John p. Duncan and Ben Cunning
ham, and their duties were defined
J to be-
/. To consider and adopt plans
and specifications for the building
3. To invite bids and make con
tracts.
3. TO direct and take genera
supervision Of the work, and Sc,
that the work is done according tt
the plans and specifications.
4. TO report to the congregation
and session when required.
5. All payments shall be made
by the Church Treasurer, on thu
written orders of the Committee
through its Chairman or Secretary
The Committee was also authoriz
ed to fill any vacancies that nigh
occur in the Committee.
AT this time, the only prospective
or visible fund for the building
amounted to about 100000.
The first meeting of the Commit
tee was an informal one, held at tn
residence of Rev, II. j. Lamar
There was discussion AS to Il plal
for the house, but it appeared as
the Committee would never be abb
to settle on any definite plan. l
was finally agreed to send reques
to the Board of Church Erection
, for plans, in reply to which quite
number of sketches were receive,
: but none of them adopted.
, After this, one suggestion afte
/ another was made, until the plal
we now have was unanimously an,
,, heartily agreed upon. The genera
! plan originated with the commtte
as a whole; and yet, soon after, tn
outlines of the same plan was pub
lished in the architectural illustra
tons of church papers. The gener
al plan as agreed upon by the Com
! mittee were submitted to Baumanl
Bros. of Knoxville, who preparv