Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-30
new ST. ANDREWS
Corner Stone of the Church to Be
Laid Tomorrow.
A THRIVING AND GROWING PARISH
Handsome Plan for the Latest Ad-
dition to Episcopal Worship.
THE RISH HIS T 0 r Y


Tomorrow the corner stone Of the new st.
Andrews Protestant Episcopal Church. cor
ner Of 14th and Corcoran streets northwest,
will be laid. and from then on TIL the date
Of completion, the new edifce will be rapid
ly pushed. The extension of this church,
following closely that of the St. Thomas
Church at Dupont circle, will be an i'm
portant step for the Episcopalians in that
part of the city in their church work, as
well as a notable addition to the city from
an architectural point of view. The new
church structure will combine. In q re-
markable degree. both beauty and conven-
fence. and in its construction neither 10 to
be sacrificed to the other.
AZ can be seen from the perspective view
accompanying. the lines Of the building are
externally simple and pleasing, being Goth
ic in style. The gable ends on Corcoran and
14th streets mark the aisle and transeps,
and their intersection 10 accented by the
introduction Of q lantern thirty-four feet
square, the final Of which Is los feet above
the grade line. Trefoil windows give light
and ventilation. The building Is to BE- built
Of selected red brick laid in red mortar
above the water table. and below this point
the walls will be faced with Seneca quarry
faced red sandstone. All the trimmings
above the water table are to be Of terra
Gotta OF the same color a. the brick, while
the crestings and finals are to be Of COD
per.
The large windows on the north and west
gables AFFORD q magnificent opportunity for
the display OF stained glass; appropriate de-
signs for which are under consideration.
The tints Of the glass and interior decora-
ton will be sapphire tones-St. Andrews
colors-and will be one Of the beautiful
things about the new structure. Both gas
and electric lighting IL provided for and the
puiioing VIII be warmed either by steam or
hot water.
The General Plan.
At the floor line the plan of the building
forms parallelogram y by 10 feet. The
principal entrance will be from Corcoran
street through sheltered double doors into
spacious vestibule. At the west end OF
this vestibule will be located an entrance
from l4th street, and at the east end il To-
Gated the stairs leading to a gallery which
extends over the central portion of the
yestibule. In the south end of the buildina
the chancel and altar are placed On the
west Of and communicating with the chan.
Gel Is the robing room. and over the robins
room Is the rector's study. To the east OF
the chancel and opening on to II and on to
the main body OF the church through large
arched openings Is the organ with q large
space in front of II for the accommoda ttou
or choir OF sixteen or more.
The west wall Of the old structure will
form the east wall Of the new building and
Will be cut away 80 as to form a communi.
cation between the old and new edifices
which will be shut or by means Of glass
paneled doors when extra space Is no,
required. The floor will be sloped from the
a tn "a I'M, nal Nd 81
to intercept the view will be the pillars
leading to the lantern. The new church
will seat about 1000 persons. The pews are
to be divided by q center and two side
aisles. The architects Of the new church
are Charles w. Murdoch and Clarence L
Harding. and the builder Is J. A. Rodbird.
st. Andrews Parish.
st. Andrews parish was established ir
1857. Mr.. Caleb Gushing donated the squar,
at the corner Of 14th street and Thomas
circle. where the Luther Memorial Church
now stands. upon certain conditions to b.
fulfilled by the congregation. The founda
ton Of a handsome building was laid, bu
the war coming on the congregation wa,
scattered, and the conditions of Mr.. Cush
ing's gift being unfulfilled. the property re
| turned to the donor. Several ciergymel
were sent by the bishop Of Maryland, VIII,
| conducted services In private houses unit
| the Rev. Mr.. Harris gave his services {,
| the parish. A small room ON street nea
| the Riggs market WAS secured. where tn
minister acting not only as q priest, blu
doing the work of a sexton also, with un
| swerving fidelity kept the congregation to
| gether until 1881. when, through the as
sistance of number Of churchmen o
neighboring parishes, the present lot wa
| purchased and a small chapel was erected
| Mr.. Harris was elected rector.
Rev. Josiah b. Perry was called as recto
from St.Paurs parish. Prince Georges coun
ty. Md. In 1857. The first Easter offering Il
this chapel was over, $4,000. The chapel wa
| twice enlarged. its seating capacity bein
increased to TOO. but this proving insuficien
! for the large Episcopal population the offi
GERS felt that they could no longer delay tn
erection of the main building. There ar
| over 800 communicates connected with tn
parish and nearly LOO members, amon
whom are many prominent citizens. Tn
Sunday school Is large and hourtshinss Unde
| It's superintendent, Mr.. Fulton Lewis. Tn
charity work is carried on by a parochis
| society consisting Of $50 members. divide
] into ilve chapters. members of which ma
be often seen in the cottages OF the poor, il
! the hospitals and other places. Within tn
past few months over 81 900 has been ex
rended in this kind of work. st. Andrew
/ brotherhood is alive to the work of youn
| men and the Young Ladies' Rectors All
! has earned hundreds of dollars for the edu
| cation of young men for the ministry, be
sides working tor the furniture of the ne,
| church.
The income of the church is derived fror
pew rents, which are kept as low poss
/ BILE. so that persons of moderate means ma
not be excluded and the regular offerings a
services. The congregation is not to b
called upon with subscription lists, and tn
finances of the church are conducted upo
strictly business principles, the income fo
the year just ended being over $1,000.
Parish bounds.
The parish is bounded on the east by l2t
street, on the south by X street. on tn
west by 10th street as far as p street, an
with the exception of the square on whic
stands the st. Thomas Church, by lSt
street from p street, and on the north b
Florida avenue. The lot owned by tn
church has a frontage of 40 feet on lat
street and lO3 feet on Corcoran street, a
of which will be covered by the church an
parish hall. When the church and tn