Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-08-17
PLANS FOR NEW CHURCH
now THE PROPOSED NEW PaEsBH
TERRAIN CHURCH Is TO BEBuiLT.
The Plans were Secured by Es-senatoT
o. }. Faulkner from the Architect
who Drew the Plans for the
Congressional Library.

After the usual services IN the
PRESBYTERIAN church Sunday morning
she congregation held business
meeting and unanimously decided to
erect a new place OF worship. their
decisions are emb died III the follow
ing resolution, which was unanimous
ly adopted
Sin view of the very urgent need
of larger and more suitable build
ing for the development ofour church
work and in view also Of the sadly
dilapldated condition Of our present
house of worship and its entire lack
of proper arrangements for sabbath
School and prayer meeting exercises
and believing that the plans now in
the ha DIS Of the trustees will meet
all these requirements. besides giving
us building of architectural merit
and one of very reasonable cost, there
fore
Resolved, That this cong egation
hereby appoints as building COM
mitree, the Board of Trustees, with
the addition of Mr. CIV. Boyer, Hon.
S. W Walker and MIR. w. A. Gard
from the Board OF Deacons, with
Hon g. ! Faulkner as chairman, and
authorizes them to proceed at once TO
secure the money necessary and to
perfect all such arrangements as are
needful for the prompt erection and
completion of the new church"
The new Presbyterian church, 50
far as has been decided, will be erect
ed according to plans secured by ex-
Senator G. ]. Faulkner from Mr.J. l..
Smithmyer, Of Washington, the archi-
tect who drew the plans for the fam
Gus Congressional Library, the finest
building in the world.
The building will be of red and arch
brick. The front of the church and
Sunday school will be Of buff brick
with blue canyon stone trimmings.
The main auditorium is to be 66x42
feet. There will be several annexes.
The clear height Of the auditory
will be IS feet, that of the Sunday
school room 20 feet ana that of the
rear annex (por'Nr, library, etc II
feet and the toileg 70 On 8 feet.
There will be gallery in the
front part o. the church for the choir
and organ, reached by convenient
stairs from the vestitule. There is u
door between the auditory and the
large parlnr and another between the
auditory and library There is also
a door leading from the side gallery |
TO the large parlor, library and small |
parlors or committee rooms, respec-
lively. The Sunday School rooms /
connect with the auditory by large /
sliding doors and by sliding doors |
with the two committee rooms a
door leads directly from the Sunday |
School room TO the library There are
two large doors between the vestibuie
and auditory and another on the sun
day School side OF the building for
wedding and funeral purposes The
toilet room is divided off for ladies'
aud gentlemen. There will be a cell
lar under the toilet rooms, so that the
coal may be taken in from the rear;
small stair will lead from the toilet
room 10 the cellar,
The entire building will be heated
by direct low pressure steam.
The cornices and pinacles TO be OF
galvanized iron the joist of first
tier and of the principals of roof to
De of Georgia pine and the remainder
of Virginia pine. The cellar is to have
n cement Hoor an the entire building,
except cellar to be plastered.
The church rs to be erected ON the
site Of the present building, but will
cover more ground Its estimated |
cost IS sl5, 600,