New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-14
NATIONAL CATHEDRAL.
BODLEY PLANS ACCEPTED
Cornerstone of Huge Edifce To Be
Laid in September.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington, June 13-Plans for the magnih-
cent Cathedral Of St. Peter and ST. Paul. sub
mitted by Sir G. F. Bodley. r. A F. S. A. Of
London, one Of the greatest church architects
of England and II. Vaughan, of Boston who
have been at work this project for a year.
have been finally accepted by the chapter and
council of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese Of
Washington. For more than decade it has
been the object of the diocese to erect In the
capital of the nation this great cathedral.
The site selected for the huge edifice is in Ca
thedral Close. 4SO feet above sea level in the
finest part OF the District of Columbia. bounded
by Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues and
Woodley Road and Both street, containing about
forty acres. The council made its first purchase
here-about thirty acres-m 1898, FIVE more were
added in 1902 and three years ago the last five
acres were acquired. When the cathedral is
completed 1t will seat 5000 persons and its
huge proportions will share with the Washing
ton Monument the domination of the landscape
of the entire District of Columbia and parts OF
Maryland and Virginia
How much IL will cost Is not yet definitely
stated but it cannot be built for less than
S3,O00O0O. and may many millions more.
Hitherto there has been little activity in secur-
ing the money for the actual building, il being
considered better to wait until the plans were
ready To present 10 the people Now the raising
of the necessary funds viii be carried on ener-
getcalIy, At present the cathedral owns more
than S1,O0O,OO0 of property, including the Ca
thedral Close. the cathedral School for Girls
the Harriet-Lane Johnston Choir School. the
chapel the great Peace Cross. unveiled by Pres
ident Mckinley. several foundations and a num-
ber of endowments.
The two governing bodies of the Diocese Of
Washington which have passed upon the plans
tqiy,
a membership of seventy and the chapter
fifteen. The latter body consists of Bishop Sat
terlee. Admiral Dewey. Charles c. Glover.
Charles ]. Bell, the Rev. DR.. r. II. McKim. the
Rev, DR.. Alfred Harding. the Rev. Dr. W. l.
De vries the Rev DR.. G. c. Bratenahl Thomas
Hyde, Colonel George Truesden Daniel c. Gill
man. ex-president OF Johns Hopkins; General
John NJ. Wilson. General John a. Kasson. James
Lowndes and the Rev. DR.. William c. Rives
Bodey. the architect who has designed the
plans. has given his life TO the study of
thedrals and churches He supervising
chitect of the great Liverpool Cathedral and of
Yorkminster in England. He came to this coun-
try last December to see for himself the site
upon which the cathedral is TO be built. staying
here a week. going carefully over the ground
and consulting with the chapter.
DETAILS OF DESIGN.
Mr Bodley and Mr. Vaughan who is associ-
ated with him in the great undertaking, have
given a detailed description of the cathedral
which they have designed 1t is in part as fol-
lows:
In style the cathedral is as was wisely desired.
Gothic of the fourteenth century, style of archi-
lecture think, the most beautiful that the
world has ever In It's dimensions IL will be
larger than most of the cathedrals in England
on the Continent. The total length is 40 feet and
the total width lS2 feet. These the external
The height to the ridge line of the
is 1870 feet. while TO the internal apex of the
Vaulting il is 80 feet
The central tower will rise 30 feet from the
ground The plan is that of nave and aisles.
Transepts, choir and two chapels. Double aIsles
are planned for the These latter Will be
pecially useful for monuments, memorial windows
and tablets The choir terminates in apSidaI
sanctuary. The building will he vaulted in stone
throughout