New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-09
LAID IN A DRILLING RAIN.
THE CORNERSTONE OF THE CHURCH OF
ST MARY THE TIRGIN IN ITS PLACE.
INTERESTING CEREMONIES IN WEST FORTY
SIXTH -sT-BIsHoP GRAFTON. OF FOND

INTERESTING CEREMONiES IN Nr'i 'Ni'i -
SIXTH sr-BIsHoP GRAFTON. OF FOND
Du LAC oFFICIATEs.
The cornerstone OF the new Protestant Episcopai
church of ST. Mary the Virgin, In Forty-siX'h-s''.
between Sixth-ave. and Broadway was lad al .
o'clock yesterday afternoon in drizzhng GOWN
pour large crowd of sympathizers ana OF spec,a-
tors took I'M a position In the street and on the
steps of the adjacent houses. The new puiidlhg
and the clergy and mission houses anu rector! VIII
cost 500 900 and will be ready one year from now
ouarter Of an hour before the time set FOR laying
tho stone two professions form ed and marched 10
the site OF the building. which was covered pS
an awning Each column was headed by cruclier'
Then came Bishop Grafton. OF Fond du Lac
wis who was to oficate; the acolytes'
the choristers. the architect Pierre lie
Rrun. and the trustees-Bever;y Chew. William
II Lane Dr. Edward II. Clarke b. W. flersoh'
HALEY Fske and the Rev. Father Thomas Mckee
Brown Bishop Grafton wore mitre. ana MS gen
eral attire did not differ greatly from tha' ol
Roman Catholic bishop The ceremony TOT laying
the stone lasted less than an hour ana oeeah WIZ"
the singing of a hymn. Then Bishop Grafton SAID
christian Brethren: We are come here TO lay the
cornerstone Of church TO be bnded 10 Ine nom NOR
ana Ri oy q Ghost And inasmucf as without faith
ii is impossible to please HIN; Jet us re"e'iSe us
tinctiy the articles OF our pehei
The Bishop then said aloud the Lords Prayer the
congregation Joining fn. and then Father Brown
the rector of the parish named the several depos,S
to be covered by the cornerstone atter WHO" ,"e
stone was put in its place. and the Bishop s'riK-
ing 1t three times. made the usuai hVoea'o"' ''e
congregation giving responses
After blessing had been pronounced ana
hymn sung the Bishop with his attendants anu
the clergy and trustees marched BACK 10 NO liz
West Forty-sixthst. Luncheon was served ai'ei
the service. r.
The new building will run through 10 fortv-
seyenth-st 1t will have frontage OF Ia lee' Al
Lor,vs,xth-s, and IS feet in Forty seventh-st ana
the STYLE of architecture will be French Gothic OF
the thirteenth century. The clergy house. MISSION
house and rectory will be French Gothc OF 'he
xIvtb century The exterior of the church VIII
he faced with light bun Indiana limestone the
other buildrgs with stone, light Roman bricks
and terra Gotta ,,.
The width will be 60 feet length $50 feet. height
TO top of cross main gable 100 feet. heigh' OF
interior vauting. 50 feet: ambulatory or ase'
x feet width Of nave IS feet width OF ambulatory'
feet inches twenty-five piers of clustered stone
columns separate the nave from the ambulatory
and support the clerestory walls.
The church will terminate in ive-sided apse and be
lighted through lofty cerestory windows Inc am
bulatory will extend entirely around 'he c"u''"'
outside these columns. and be connected through ar
caded openings with the chapels in the clergy ana
mission houses and with the baptisry. lady chapei
and rear entrance The chancel Will be 10 lee'
deem The main organ will be placed over the main
entrance The seating capacity OF the church VIII
be 40 and of the chapels $50 r.. .ou
The clergy house will be 80 feet by 80 feet. four
stories high in front and five stories in the rear ne
first two stories will contain the chapel OF the cate
chism for men and boys and the choir vestrles.
The third story will be devoted 10 guild PURPOSES
and young mems clubrooms. with assembly room,
library. etc The fourth floor VIII contain suntts
~ chambers the resident clergy. ana the min
floor rear will be occupied by the lanitor 49,,
On the first and'second floors Of the Mission House
for the Mother Superior The third story will be de-
voted TO the guild-rooms. The fourth story will
have an nfirmary. community-room and Sisters
sleeping apartments. The fifth story will contain
the kitchen. refectory and two sleeping rooms for
servants Dumb walters will connect the kitchens
In both houses with the Easements. Besides the
rector, Father Brown. and his assistants. Fathers
Staunton and Upjohn, who offciated with Bishop
Grafton there were also present the Rev. Drs
Greer and d. Parker Morgan the Rev George
Ernest MacCsill. the Rev G. W. De Lyon Nichols:
the Rev Herbert Smith. the Rev. Dr. Cooper. OF
Astoria; the Rev. ALBION Richey. the Rev. DR. G. r.
Canady. Rev. Messrs. H. A. Skinner. r A. H.
Brown. D. Kenny and f. ". Neil the Rev. Drs
Davenport and Patterson and the Rev. Fathers
Riddeli. Bolts and Treat. GtoIge B. Prentice con,
Quoted the choir. Brothers Hugh. Edmund ana
Adair. OF the Community Of the Brothers or the
Church. were also present.
1t being the twenty fourth anniversary OF the first
held by the parish in the old church In West
h-st.which 1t is intended now 10 sei-fhe
occasion celebrated by service there IN the
morning at $3.50. and again at O'Clock In the even
Ing when there large attendance TO witness
the benedction Of memorial gifts. which consisted
OF a costly Communion service. presented 10 father
Brown the by the parishioners Of the Church
Of st. Mary the Virgin.