New-York tribune., 1909-11-09
PLANS FOR CHURCH
HORk TO BEGIN SOON.
fTfh arenuc Bdptisfs Seek
Temporary Quarters.

IRE building committee of the Fifth Ave
rue BAPTIST Church adcrt-d plans for the
new building YESTERDAY. ana II is expected
mat the work Of tearing down the oil
church VIII heFin some time IN December.
me beginning of work on the new church,
however. viii depend 80 Soma extent 81
NON soon quarters can he found IN which
- carr on the church work while the
oulldirs ~ the new edihce is in progress
lVo other churches in the neighoorhood
hafe oreTed the use of their Buildings. but
tnese would be available cnlr for evening
services and = nls,e l. wanted for the
regular morning service II place for
holding morning services cannot be found
IN time. work on the new building will not
% begun until next spring. as rhe commit
zee thinks ~ would not be Wis. 20 start
work IN the middle Of the winter
The nsv church will be on the site cf m.
old cne. IN asth street west of Fifth ave
nue., with the addition Of the present sites
OF the parsonage and the chapel making a
plot for the new building 100 by lno feet.
The seating capacity viii be further in
creased by having the Sunday school room
for the Rockefeller Bible class and the
meeting rooms above the main auditorium.
That the auditorium may not suffer for
light. there will be courts which will allow
tho light 70 res srh the ceiling. The ceilings
OF the upper rooms Till he tventy-four feet
high. and there will he staircases and ele-
vaicrs az both the west and the east front
corners SO that the upper hoor will be easy
Of access.
The main auditorium will have dome
lighted from above with a ceiling seventy
feet high. There will be galleries and a
pulpit platform that viii he more like the
conventional chaucel than is usual in Bap-
tist churches The baptistery will I've in
the middle. at the back. with a retiring
room on each size. reached by arcaded
screens. supporting the gallery ends. There
Will be seats FOR fourteen hundred persons.
II was said Yesterday that the plans for
the exterior might be modified TO some ex-
tent and that the building materia, had
not been decided on. The only poin; set
tied is that overdisplsy in finishing or fur
rishing will be avoided. Nothing would he
done. it was said. that might give the i'm
preston that the church was the place of
worship of the wealthy. The attempt
would be 10 have il present the appearance
OF place Of work and worship.
The plans accepted were those Of William
WeIies BoswOrth Five architectural firms
competed. They were William B. Claiin.
& Rodman and Mr. Bosworte. The plans
al three OF the competitors suited well
thai IT was not until yesterday that de-
cision could be reached 1t was a first
thought that the new building could have
al entrance on Fifth avenue. but property
values were found TO be so high that II was
decided 10 give mp that idea.
The new church will cost from S350.V1 to
S4O,Ga About 100000 Of the money has al
ready been subscribed Edgar l.. Marston,
chairman Of the building committee. gave
$25.O1O OF this sum. The names of the other
subscribers have not been announced. The
finance committee. which consists Of Edgar
L. Marston. William II. Hayes. John +.
Comey. John Z. Elder, =. n. Paddock. Dr.
l.. Emmet Holt. John ID. Rockefeller. tr..
J. T. Morris. Arkel Il. McMichael. William
NJ. Crane and Horace W. Fish. expects
no trouble in raising the remainder Of the
money needed. The ROckefellers are ex-
pc cted to contribute their share. but by far
the larger part of the money is expected
10 come from other sources.