Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-24
A NEW CHURCH..
St. Johns Episcopal Church to be
Greatly Enlarged,
A BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE.

church have again actively taken up
the subject of completing the church
building n the plans have been pre-
pared by Architect Edward b. Cristy
toward which the members are work
ing. The cost of the improvements I'M
der the plans will be about SO, 900 and
the completed building will have a
seating capacity of between 500 and
600 and will be the largest church in
the city. 1t is expected the rector,
Rev. Robert Renison, will leave for the
east soon after Easter and will deliver
a series of lectures on New Mexico and
life 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 will be
an exact cross. The present building
is 5SE feet long from north to south
n at the present south end the arms
of the cross will be built out 10 feet
east n west from the present walls.
These arms wilfsbe 30 feet wide from
north to south 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 nov occupied by
the chancel and 80 feet additional. In
the two arms of the cross seats will be
placed which will be at right angles to
those in the main body of the church.
The south extension or head of the
cross will be % feet from the south
wall of the arms and the same width
as the main body of the church. This
will give the church a total length of
110R feet instead of 5Sk as at pres
ent. The extreme width, from end to
end of the arms of me cross will be SO
feet. At the ~southeas.. corner will be
the vestry room, 16 iSet square with
an entrance from the east arm of the
cross and from the outside. A door
leads from it into the chancel.
The south end or head of the cross
is given up entirely to the chancel. The
steps leading up to it are a few feet
north of the south line of the arms of
the cross, an arrangement whereby the
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 it
Is a sounding board which will add to
the ease of speaking in the church.
Back of the pulpit and reading desk,
twelve fee 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 diviaed
and each half will face the other. A
railing will separate the chancel from
the sanctuary and the altar will be 10
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 a round rose window
of most dainty design. The same style
of windows that are in the present
building will be followed and the gen.
eral design of Trinity church, New
York, has been adopted for the chan
eel. At the real will be a large stained
glass window coming to a point to con-
form to the sloping root. The ratings
and woodwork will be artistically
carved while the ceiling will be of or
namental metal.
The tower at the northwest corner
will be finished by adding to it and
placing in each of the four sides a
window of the same style as h other
in the building. Each corner of the
tower will end in a short tower taper
ing to a point.
n main entrance VIII De, as now,
at the tower corner.
The plans as drawn call for seven
stained glass windows in the east side,
two and the chancel window on the
south and eight IN the Fourth street
side. On the Silver avenue and the
Fourth street sides, there will. be two
windows in the tower.
The roof over the main body of the
church and on each of the wings tapers
to a point and on each point a cross Is
placed. The church, as enlarged, will
be of the cathedral style and will be
majestic. imposing and churchly.
While such an extensive enlargement
may not be necessary just now, the
members believe it would be necessary
within a few years n they desire to
now make such a church as will meet
the needs for some time to come.
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