Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-10-12
ANOTHER NEW CHURCH.
And work WIN be Commenced I'm fhs
Near Fature-The Architectural
style viii he the EARLY Coloni-
aI-Dcscrtption ofthe
Plans.

The building committee Of the Pres
byterian church has finally decided
upon the plans for the new church
and as soon as the plans in detail are
received from the architect and the
contract il awarded the work Of tear
ing down the old building to make
way for the new will be commenced.
The plans adopted are those sublnitt-
ed by +. r. Comstock. noted arehi-
tect Of New York. Mr.. Comstock
is the same architect whose plans We're
adopted for the new hotel at Berkeley
Springs.
The building will be erected on the
site of the old building and en- the
lot to the south of the present build
ing.
The exterior of the church edifice
designed in the architectural style
OF the early Colonial To be most
technical, of the style OF the Georgian
Period, and this seems every appro-
pirate, says the architect, considering
the geographical location o. the city
where this building Will be located.
On account OF the lot being an in
side lot, that is between buildings,
the tower wi be located in the cen
ter of the frors of the building. 1t
is proposed to set the building as fer
Lack on the lot as possible. and have
the grade of the entire front level,
and by the arrangement OF the three
separate entrances which the building
will have this Will give a beautiful
lawn between each walk and in the
center OF each lawn will be located
urns of flowers.
The ashIar or underpinning stone
work will be rock faced, light col
ored limestone; the remaining por-
tions OF the trout will be laid up
with light brown. mattled Roman
pressed brick, with limited amount
of marble trimmings.
The ornamental work around the
main entrance will be of wood. pain
ted ivory white, the entrance cornl-
ces of The cb urch, including the up
er finish of the towers, will be OF
wood and galvanized iron, painted
ivory white. The roof will be of
black slate.
The exterior windows of the church
will be glazed with colored glass of
an appropriate design and the glass,
as well as the scheme for decora-
tions. will be especially prepared to
conform to the architectural stvle
of the building. One noticeable fea
ture of the floor plan is that of COM
pactnness. Not an inch of waste
room in any portion of the building
can be noticed The vestibule and
hail are convenient and not excess
sive in size.
The entrance vestibule in the tow
er, which is twelve feet square, is
connected to 4 vestibule of the same
size at the opposite end of the front
by foyer eleven feet wide which
will be an ex cellent place for social
gatherings before and after services
This same tower vestibule connects
with the Sunday School room also
ladies' parlor, and directly off of same
is toilet room.
The auditorium has seating capa-
city of four hundred and fifty people
in pews. This room is forty three
feet by sixty-seven feet and in addi-
tion to being lighted by large win
dows on one side 1T has a skylight in
the center of the room. which is glaz-
ed with colored art glass OF appro-
pirate design.
The platform is located at one end
of the building and back of it is the
choir loft and organ. Az one side of
the platform is room which has an
outside entrance and which can be
used as a coat room by the pastor and
choir. Directly off of this room is a
large case for the storage of choir
music.
The Sunday School is thirty-on bv
thirty nine feet, with seating ca
pacity of two hundred people.
In addition to the tower entrance
already spoken of, 1t has a seperate
porch and entrance ON the opposite
side, which will be the Sunday School
entrance. OFF of same is toilet
room, also an entrance 80 the ladies
parlor.
The library is located off of this
entrance and has window opening
into the hall. The infants apart
ment is also located off of this en-
trance and is about II ks feet.
Opening off of the Sunday School
room are five seperate class rooms,
averaging about seven feet, six IN
ches by twelve feet
Whenever it is desired to in
crease the seating capacity of the