The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-07

Idlls ana SpeCfnCdlOnS IOT Tie
, new Catholic church for Ply
mouth, have been completed, and
with few minor alterations, are
ready for the bidders. The new
cllurch, will be an imposing
structure, of the Romanesque
style of architecture, and will,
when completed, constitute the
most handsome building in the
city of Plymouth. The church
will be located on the vacant lot
directly across the street from
the present church on north Cen
ter street. The site now occu-
pied by St. Joseph's hall, will be
utilized for new rectory, and
the hall, which is used for enter
tainments, society meetings, etc,
will be moved back to face Wal
nut street. Work on excavating
for the new church will be begun
about June 1st, of this year, and
it is intended to have the struc-
ture under roof by November 1st.
Work will then temporarily sus-
pend until the next spring, when
the interior decoration and inte-
rior furnishing will be pushed to
completion. That tire new edifice
will be ready for occupancy by
June 1st, 1911, is the hope of the
pastor Rev. John Tremnel and
the congregation of St. Mich
aelS Catholic church.
Building Committee.
A building committee consist
ing of eight members, was an
nounce1 by Rev. Tremnel, and
consists of the following: Joseph
Holzbauer, Peter Richard Jr.,
Michael Ryan, James E. Hanes,
Peter Jef1irs, ]. E. Bergman, Pros
per Ball and p. J.. Kruger. The
committee met Wednesday night
at the rectory and discussed plans
and decided to adopt the spe-
cifcations prepared by the arch
itectural firm of Gault and Gault
of Terre Haute, which are now
at the rectory.
Description of the Church.
The new church is to be as
stated above, of Romanesque
style. The edifce will be con-
structed of vitrifed brick with
stone trimmings. The selection OF
the hard pressed brick was made
over Bedford stone, because OF
the aging of the stone becomes
blackened with years. a white
stone church was at first consid-
ereh. but later discarded. The
building is to be III feet long,
80 feet wide, and % feet high, on
the outside. The front is of a
beautiful design, with two Ro-
man towers, one on each side OF
the front. One tower facing the
north, or outside, will be a ma
jestic structure, rising one hum
dred and thirty feet in the air,
will be the belfry, arranged to
carry a complete system OF
chimes, which is expected to be
installed in the future. The tower
facing the south, will be seventy
FIVE feet high, and will inclose
the baptismal on the inside.
Three entrances to- the church
from the front are provided for.
a main entrance in the middle or
large, double doors. and one'on
either side OF single oaken doors.
The front is to be beautifully
archetl, surmounted and trimmed
with an abundance OF white
stone. Entering the church from
the front, the vestibule will be
entered, which will be separated
from the auditorium proper, by
groMnd glass walls. To the right
OF the vestibule will be stair
lobby, a winding stair beading to
the choir loft, which is over the
vestfbule, and another stair lead
ing to the basement. On the LETT
of the vestibule, in the small
tower, is the baptismal as men
tioneI before. Similar to the en-
trance from outside, three doors
will lead from the vestibule to
the auditorium. The auditorium
will have a seating capacity OF
400. This portion of the church,
will be IS feet long by 42 feet
wide. Three aisles, will lead to
the altar rail, the middle aisle
having a width OF six feet, and
the two stiles aisles, four feet
each. The pews will be thirteen
feet in width. divided into two
portions each, with capacity OF
four persons. The capacity OF the
choir loft will be 100. The sane
tuary will be commodious with
depth OF 20 feet and 50 feet wide.
Provision is made for the install
alton of large altar. in the flu
ture. but the altar from the pres
ent church will be used tempor-
arily. Before reaching the sane
tuany the auditorium, expands IN
to a transcept ON each side,
which continues into the s'ne.u-
arv. This gives an : incFea 4ed