Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-01-17
TWO HORNED CHURCH
viii be Altered to Suit the Present Congre-
cation While Form Remains Same.

A business meeting of the members
was called at the chapel of the First
Congregational church Wednesday
might in order to consider the feasibil-
ity of building an entirely new church
or remodeling the present. structure
on the plans which were prepared for
this purpose by "a well known firm OF
eastern architects. The meeting was
we'll attended by a representative body
of the enrolled members.
Prof. j. H. Ohamberlin acted as
chairman and called the meeting to or
der about 1880 D. m. Mr.. ]. E. Van
dervoort submitted the ulans which
have been on exhibition in the Colon
ial Book Store for the past three weeks
for the consideration of the company
present, explaining the need of the
proposed changes and the conven-
iencies which the adoption of the
sketches would insure. The need for
more room in the Auditorium of the
church became evident from the re-
marks of the pastor and several of
those who have acted in the capacity
of ushers during the past year
Mr.. Vandervoort stated that often
during the past year he was in receipt
of requests from families the members
of which wished to be in close prox-
unity, that they be given seats togeth-
er. This was impossible, he stated. as
every pew is taken. and the surplus
amount of room would not accommo-
date more than one or two persons in
every pew.
Some provision was also necessary,
the pastor Thought, for suite of la
dies garlors, where committee meet
ings and othtr gatherings of similar
nature could be held. While it was uni
versally admitted that the present
building was inadequate, there was
wide divergence Of sentiment in regard
to what steps should be taken to avoid
this stringency. A large number of the
members were in favor of building
brand new church. either on the pres
ent site or on another to be selected by
a committee. 1t soon became evident
that the majority of the members
wished to retain the present location,
the only source of discussion being the
proposition to either rebuild or remod-
el on the same or a different site.
I'll, 4
con it was finally decided ito accept the
committees recommendation to re-
model the old structure. The com.
mittee which is composed of Mes.rs.
w. w. Mills, j. E. Vandervoort. j. S.
Simpson, John Kaiser and Howard
Stanley, was retained as a building
committee to serve during the execu-
tion of the work. The committee was
given carte blanche to appoint other
subcommittee TO decide on the COM
pleted plans and to direct all things in
cident to the change. The preliminary
sketches, an account of which appear
ed in the Leader some time ago. will
ance of the old two horned structure,
while not affecting, but only enhancing
the colonial style of the building.
The seating capacity Will be about
300 or more than it is now-that is. 700
can be accommodated The estimate
of remodeling calls for an expenditure
of approximately $4,000 The reso-
luton to adopt the committees report
was made unanimous and every
member will assist the committee in
work. When the sketches have been
made reality the Oldest church in
Marietta will have the appearance of
one Of tine most modern, while still re
tanning its unique distinction of being
the first house of worship built in the
Northwest Territory.
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