Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-03-29
A NEW CHURCH.
St. Johns Episcopa Church to be
Greatly Enlarged,
A BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE.

The members of st. Johns Episcopal
church have again actively taken up
the subject OF completing the church
building ana the plans have been pre-
pared 10y Architect Edward Is. Cristy
toward which the members are work
ing. The cost of the improvements I'M.
der the plans will be about $4,000 and
the completed building will have
seating capacity OF between 500 and
coo and Will be the largest church in
the city II is expected the rector
Rev. Robert Rcnisou, viii leave for the
east soon after Easter and will deliver
a series of lectures on New Mexico and
lite in the territory. These lectures
will be delivered in Boston, New York,
Philadelphia and Washington. and the
proceeds will be applied to the build
ing fund
The addition will be constructed of
the same stone which now Is In the
building and the new building viii ho
an exact cross The present building
Is 5Sla feet long from north to south
and at the present south end the arms
OF the cross will Ice built out ~ feet
east and west from the present walls.
These arms viii Ice 80 feet wide from
north to soeth and in the east and west
ends OF them are projecting entrances
of artistic stone work. This will give
as additional seating room. that part
of the present room now occupied by
the charccl and 80 feet additional In
the two arms of the cross seats viii be
placed which will DC nj right angles to
those in the mGin body OF the church.
The south extension or head of the
cross will be % feet from the south
wall OF the arms aud the same width
- .
will give the church total length of
110la feet instead of 5Ni2 as at pres
ont. The extreme width. from end to
end of the arms of me cross will be 60
feet At the southeast corner will Ice
the ycstry room, 10 feet square with
an entrance from the east arm of the
cross and from the outside, \ door
leads from IL into the chanccl
The south end or head of the cross
is given up entirely To the chanccl The
steps leading up To It are few feet
north of the south line of the arms of
| the cross. an arrangement whereby tho
pulpit and reading desk are in full
view of all parts of the church. The
reading desk is at the east side of the
chancel and the pulpit at the west. The
pulpit is elevated and just back OF II
is "A sounding board which will add to
! the ease of speaking in the church.
Back OF the pulpit and reading desk,
| twelve feet is given to the choir. The
choir seats are ON both the east and
west sides of the chancel and so ar
ranged that the choir will be divided
and each half will face the other. \
railing will separate the chancel from
the sanctuary and the altar viii bc ~
feet broad. Just east of the altar Is
the bishops chair.
The artistic has not been lost sight
of and the church will be one of the
most beautiful in the west. Above each
entrance will be round rose window
of most dainty design The same style
of windows that are in the present
building will he followed and the gen
eral design of Trinity church, New
York has been adopted for the chan
eel At the rear will be large stained
glass window coming to point TO con
form to the slipping roof. The railing'
and woodwork will be artistiCall.
carved while the ceiling will hc of or
namental metal
The tower at the northwest corne
will be finished by adding To 1t anI
placing in each of the -four sides |
, window of the same style as the othe
in the building Each corner of thu
, tower will end in "A short tower taper
ing To point.
The main entrance Will be, as now
, at the tower corner,
, The plans as drawn call for seveI
= stained glass windows in the east side
! two and the chancol window on tn
! south and eight on the Fourth stree
: side On the Silver avenue and tn
Fourth street sides. there viii be Nv
! windows i'm the tower
y The roof over the main body of tn
!, church and on each of the wings taper
= To point and on each point cross
placed The church. as enlarged. W
bc of the cathedral style and will b
! majestic. imposing and church,!
y While such an extensive enlargemer
Q may not be necessary just now, III
, members believe IL would Ice nocessar
y within a few years and they desire I
now make such a church as Will NEE
the needs for some time to come.