Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-03-24
Temple TO be Rebuilt.

IL presume the trustees Of the CORPORATION
which holds the property will meet at once.
These trustees are chosen by the delegates,
two from each Of the Baptis; churches in
and near Bottom, who are interested in the
property. We hold monthly meetings 10
months In the year The proceeds from the
rental OF the property will be applied TO the
debt, which now amounts to about $500
until il Is reduced TO $4,000. After that
half the income will 20 the debt aud half TO
city missionary work In Boston. When all
the debt Is paid the entire revenue will be
applied 10 city missions.
The bali was the first one in this country
to be equipped with the folding seat chairs
The late Hon. J. Worren Merrill. then one
OF the trustees, saw these seats in Berlin and
introduced them here There are some $500
OF them believe, and their cost was about
So apiece II | remember correctly"
Dea. George W. Chapman of the fremont
Temple Church, and chairman OF the board
OF trustees of the Boston Evangelical Baptist
Missionary Society, the corporation which
holds the property, was stopping at the
Parker House. He has been In delicate
health for year or more. and the
excitement attending the fire, and the
questioning to which he was sub
iected early in the dav, quite Frustrated him.
He was taken to the Quincy House. and no
one was allowed to see MIN there, not even
the church people. Before his removal be
said that the property was valued at about
100000, had debt of about $500 aud
was insured for Sl00,000
A Historic Edifce.
The Temple building was erected in 1873.
and was burned down March 81, 1852 II
was again burned Aug. II 1879. 1t was re-
built during that and the following year.
The site Is that of the original fremont The
atre
The great hall of the building was I22
feet long, y feet wide and &C feet high. 1t
had beside the main floor two galleries, and
its entire seating capacity was 26D0 people.
1t had an exceptionally good organ, claimed
to be one of the largest and finest In the
country, built by Messrs. Hook & Hastings.
1t had four manuals, 66 registers and
3442 pipes, and unusual mechanical appli-
anCes.
The Meionaon had seating capacity of
about 1000, and Chapel Hail for about half
that number. The front OF the building is
Of Quincy granite and Is not seriously at-
fected by the fire.
The Fire ofIs7O.
The fremont Temple fire of Aug "A, 1879.
occurred at 10 :55 p. m, followed by second
alarm at IL :l2l o'clock. The report OF that
fire, made by the commissioners, among
other details states the following: Tire
mont Temple: Four stories high, area 92 by
l40 feet; material, brick and stone: loss on
building, s.0,l76; Insurance, $1,000; loss
on contents, S20, S52; insurance on contents,
S19, 900.
Three buildings slightly and one con-
siderably damaged. Communicated to
Nos. 10 and -. the Burnham building oc-
cupied by Coolidge, Smith Il Co., millin-
cry; also TO Nos. 90. W and 81, owned by
the Brewer estate, and occup ed by FINER
& Cavanagh also to No 8 Montgomery
place (Bosworth street,.
THE fire originated in the rare OF the
organ and extended to the roof and other
building> Cause unknown