The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-10-14
OF Fitting Magnifcence and
Beauty is New Meth.
odist Church.
TRIUMPH OF ART
Descriptive Details of Impos.
ing Temple of Worship
Just Dedicated.

or Spanish Renaissance style, artis-
tlcally designed magnifcently fur
Inished, beautifully decorated, richly
eolored. the new brown stone edifice
lat Pike and Second streets of. the
First Methodist Episcopal congrega-
ton is the. embodiment or architec-
tural perfection and a monument OF
beauty and grendeur that appropri-
atcly attests the glory Of the Lord
Most High.
The Exterior.
The main walls of the building are
constructed of Hummelstone, Pa.
brown stone in broken asher style
with rock face. and rest upon foun-
dations of vitrifled brick. The
church has a frontage OF So feet on
Pike street and ITO on Second street
The exterior is rectangular with a
huge. square tower at the corner
rising 1875 feet in height. Green
vitrified tile with sheet copper trim
mings forms the roof which is
artistically broken with graceful
Islopings and gables. Logias on the
south and west accommodate side
and corner entrances.
Crowned by Big Dome.
The main auditorium is octagonal
in shape with heavy pilasters and
groined arches sporting a massive
lcircular dome. These architectural
features are supported by massive
steel structure that rests upon the
main walls of the building.
Five sides of the auditorium are
provided with balconies supported on
large ornamental brackets. The hal
cony spaces join. forming corri-
der around five sides of the ogta-
gon and the corridor is reached by
stairways from the main entrance.
Through spacious yestfbules located
In three corners OF the main square
OF the building, the auditorium is
reached from the logias. the fourth
corner OF the square being occupied
lby the organ. ]
Sunday School Room Connects.
On the north side OF the main aii-
ditorium is located the Sunday
school room which can be connected
with the same by raising large par
tition which constitutes the entire
north angle of the octagon.
The Sunday school room has main
and mezzanine floors, with large
rooms conveniently arranged for de-
partments and smaller rooms for
single classes. 1t Is we'll lighted with
side and sky lights.
The Basement Rooms.
One half the basement under the
main auditorium is utilized for the
heating plant and the other half for
a boys gymnasium. Rooms under
the southeast vestibule are fitted for
mems reading rooms with entrances
accessible from the street. Imme-
diately under the organ loft is the
choir assembly room with private
entrances from the street and to the
choir loft. The basement under the
Sunday school room is devoted to So
cial purposes. with large dining
and social room and spacious and
well provided kitchen, which Is pro-
yided with large double soap-stone
sink. patent dish washer and a
sixteen-coSer hotel range. Through
out the basement Is finished with
maple floors and hard pine wood
work, except the furnace room.
The building is equipped with
three toilet rooms. one ON the main
floor and two in the basement. The
kitchen and toilet rooms are sup
piled with hot and cold water.
Beautiful Art WINDOWS.
The heating system is a force
draft furnished by fourteen-toot|
fan which drives the heated air into
the dome Of the main auditorium
and into the other rooms at suitable
places. Lower ventilators are pro
vided for the exit of the air. All the
rooms in the building are heated
from the main system except the
kitchen. The system is guaranteed
by the manufacturers to heat the
building to temperature of 20 de-
grees in zero weather. and to replace
the air six times an hour.
All the windows in the building
above the basement and the big sky-I
light of the dome are fitted with art
glass in beautiful designs. The
windows were designed by the well-I
known firm of-J. and R. Lamb. OIL
New York City, and the glass wasl