Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-29
LAYING OF THE
CORNER STONE
OF St. Stephens Lutheran Church Takes
Place Sunday, July 4th. Addresses
by Visiting Clergymen.

The laying of the corner stone Of
St. Stephens Evangelical Lutheran
church will take place on Sunday,
July 4th. Services will be held in the
opera house at 10 O'Clock, at which
time Rev. R. Bergfeld of Rib Falls,
will preach the sermon.
ST. Stephens band will furnish the
music for the entire day.
The exercises of laying the corner
stone will begin at O'Clock, and in
case of rain or extreme hot weather,
the addresses will be given in the
Grand opera house. The speakers for
the occasion are: Rev. E. Stubenyoll
of Pella, Wis; Rev. A. j. Koepp of
Berlin, this county; Rev. Ernst Kraeft
of Marion, Wis. The latter will speak
in English; besides the above an invi-
tation will be extended to the local
clergymen.
The church edifice viii be of gothic
architecture, lis feet long and rs feet
i'm width. 1t will face Mcclellan
street and extend from that street
back, covering the entire ground
owned by the society. The main
entrances will be on Mcclellan street
with two spires. The main one on
the corner of Fifth and Mcclellan,
which will later be supplied with a
chime of bells. The other will be
smaller, on the southeast corner.
The church throughout will be
arranged according to Lutheran style
with high altar, pulpit, baptismal
font, lectern, etc, The floor will be
elevated at the rear and an incline to
the rostrum, and the seats placed in
part circle, which will be furnished by
the ladies' sewing society of the
church at a cost of $500, which
amount has already been raised. The
young peoples society will supply the
altar, which will cost 81, 200. The
church will be lighted with very fine
ART glass, which will be the gift OF
the ladies' aid society at cost OF
| 81, 400, and the contract for which has
been let to the Milwaukee Mirror and
Art Glass works,
In the auditorium will be three
large windows. On the east will be
the biblical figures of the Risen
Christ. On the west, Christ blessing
the little children, and the window at
the main entrance will be the Marty
dom of ST. Stephen.
The seating capacity on the main
floor will be 1850 and in the gallery
200, but 500 additional can easily be
accommodated in the church.
The gallery is over the main en-
trance at Mcclellan street and extends
into the church only about fifteen feet,
and otherwise there will be nothing
to obstruct the view clear to the
beautiful dome. There has been a
magnificent pipe organ contracted for
from the Otto Hausmann Pipe Organ
Co. of Milwaukee, the cost OF which
will be 81 800.
There will be sacristy, pastor S
study, and a meeting room for vestry-
men. The basement of the church
will be used fer parochial school,
Sunday school and meeting place for
the various societies. 1t will be con-
structed with rolling partitions SO
that the entire room can be thrown
into one The building will be heated
by steam, andllighted by electricity
and gas The cost will be about $780,
900 and when completed it will be
one of the finest church editices in the
state.
Anton Dohmer of Milwaukee is the
architect and Anton Zwack, OF
Dubuque, the builder
The members of the building COM
mittee are as follows: August Bren-
denmuehl, August Otto, Charles
Zahn, Albert Bauman, Charles
Giesler, Otto Zahn, VIM. Schoeneberg,
Casper Fenhaus and Ernst Koch.
The pastor of St. Stephens is Rev.
Frederick Werhahn and for ii years
he has been in charge of the church.
1t is expected that the church will be
completed by the middle of December
of this year and in time for holding
Christmas services and festivities.
During the interim, services will be
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