Evening star., 1898-03-18

Adam Reoch. Fifth Congregational Church.
Rev. s. N. Brown. University Park Temple;
Rev. w. E. De Reimer and Rev. Allen Ha-
zen. DID,, will also participate.
The .. K. service. at $50, will be led by
Rev. Chas. H. Small of Hudson, Ohio.
Evening service. 7:5O O'Clock, Mr. David
States Supreme Cerrt presiding; addresses
by Mr.. Justice Brewer, ]. H. Kyle United
States senator from South Dakota. and W.
E. Andrews, auditor for the United States
Treasury Department.
The music throughout the services will be
IN charge OF Mr.. George U. Rose, jr., and
will include chorus, quartet and solo selec-
TORS. .--,-t
Tuesday evening. March p, at o'clock.
reception will be rendered the members
and friends Of the church. The receiving
party, consisting of the pastor and officers
Of the church and society and their wives
VIII receive In the church parlors. The
program of entertainment will be held in
the auditorium. This program will be pre-
sided over by Ellis Spear, president of the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Society,
and Will include addresses by Rev. s. NJ.
Newman, DID,; Rev. H. w. Ballantine,
DID, OF Baltimore, and Rev. T. W. Jones.
DID,. Of Philadelphia. Refreshments will
be served in the supper room. Wednesday
evening chtldren's social will be held
The Church Site.
The church Is located on the Columbia
road. just west of 14th street, and has a
frontage OF seventy feet. with a depth Of
1O6 feet. covering the entire lot The gen.
eral style OF the building is Romanesque.
and the materials used are q fine grade
OF press brick and Hummelstown brown
stone. Stone work Is used up to the win
dow sill OF the second story. At the north
west corner Of the building there is a square
tower of brick. with an open beifry at
the Top. This tower is 105 feet from base
to peak. The froht face of the church
contains a projection. finished with gable,
and this feature is repeated on each of the
sides, while at the northwest corner there
is circular bay window running from
the basement to the second story. The
tower and the bay window are handsome
Flanked on either side by the tower and
the bay window is the main entrance
This entrance is through an arch circular
doorway. protected by wrought iron dcu-
bic gates. Brown stone has been extern
sively used in a portion of the front i'm
mediately adjoining the doorway, and the
latter has been deeply recessed. The floor
of the main auditorium has been raised
SIX reet above the grade line, and there
are nine broad stone steps to the front
entrance.
On the east side. which is bounded by
an alley. there is an entrance leading by
The entire building Is covered by a slate
roof, broken here and there by gables
The structure is two stories in height above
the basement. as far as regards the front
and is reached by q main corridor ten
feet wide. This corridor n twenty-four
feet long and opens directly into the arch
ed recess OF the doorway.
Study and Reading Room.
To the right Of the entrance IL the pas
tors study. occupying all of the lower
portion OF the tower. Next beyond the
study IL large reading room, having an
entrance into the corridor and into the
auditorium Corresponding to these two
rooms ON the left Of the corridor is q par
ior twenty-cne by tWenty-eight feet nine
inches. Between the parior and auditorium
u another and smaller corridor, opening
into the side er-traEce and containing stair
ways leading to the floor above and 10
the basement underneath.
A broad staircase Of oak leads to the
Sunday school department, which occupies
the second noor In the front Of the build
ing. In the tower room il located the Bible
class room and Immediately adjoining It Is
ths library. The rest OF the space q feet
by 81 feet inches. b divided into q Sum
partitions. Over one-half of the side Of tho
rsm nearest the auditorium II left open,
and therefors the school room can be al
any time used az place to accommodate
any ovsrnow from the church proper. In
Sabbath school may be conducted without
any tnterfarence from services that mixht
Be held in the church there ara folding
glass sasheA.
The dimensions Of fhe door Of ths main
auditorium are . feet , inches by 68 feet O
irchsA TAe mean distance from the slop-
ing aoor to the calling = about SS feet
The ceiling y nnfshsd with steel panels.
The end Of the auditorium 81 occupied hy
= 1ergs platform. while to the right b the
choir gA1l,ry.
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