New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-27
CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS NEWS NOTES
New Building Of Hollywood Episcopal Parish To Be Opened
Tomorrow.

Tomorrow new Hollywood Episcopal
Church. partly completed. will be opened on
Manhattan Island. Bishop Greer VIII at
tend and preach the opening sermon. The
location is Fort Washington avenue ana
10th street and the historic name Is The
Little Church In the Fort" The church
stood. I'D 10 last Sunday. at Broadway and
1S1st street. where there used to be an
omen field. with a small stone church In It's
centre.
The changes in the grades OF ftreets ana
in the character OF buildings made desir-
able a new Hollywood location, ana 70 some
time ago the property was sold. possession
TO be given upon the opening or a new eu'-
fee. Tomorrow the new ediIcs VIII De
opened and the old property turned over ~
its purchasers. The new Holyrood Church
stands on the northeast corner. ana mas
been built so far as the chancel, the cho'r
and crossing 1T will seat as now competed
$50 persons. When the nave Is built IL VIII
seat 500. The cost is 100000. but the edi-
fee wholly completed will cost 100000 or
more. The style is early English Gothic
The rector is the Rev. DR.. Stuart Crockett
Holyrood has had short but eventful
history. 1t was started by the Rev. w. U.
Embury and dates from April, 1893, SO
that the opening % A new church comes
on the nineteenth anniversary or the peglh-
ming Of work. The Embury family assisted
financially to some extent at the beginning.
The advance In real estate values made pos
sible the new site, and the edihco as now
opened without debt.
Cathedral trustees have Just approved the
plans for the new Huntington Memorial
Chapel. Tho $4,000 which 1t Is to cost
WAS given by hundreds OF friends or the
late Grace parish rector In this city. AT
the Cathedral opening. a year ago. the final
amount was contributed and put on the
plates The appropriateness OF the chapel
is seen when it is remembered that the Rev.
DR.. Huntington was one OF the original Ca
thedra! trustees, and for years the chair
man OF its committe on fabric. The new
chapel will he one OF the two end or nam
ones, the Potter Chapel being the other. u
will stand on the north side OF the tholr'
and. with the Rives. will complete the three
on that side. Tho Potter Chapel VIII stand
on the south side. Henry Vaughan. OF Bos-
ton. Is the ar, Infect. and work is TO be car
ried on this summer
This week foundations were started on
the Cathedral choir school building that IS
TO cost $4,000. The location is immedl-
ately south OF the Belmont Chapel. with
the east wall fronting on and quite near 10
Mornings ide avenue. Two main wings VIII
form the ends. with corridors connecting
them. and there will be four stories. Ac-
commodations will be provided for htty
boys Most OF tho excellent features OF
choir school buildings in England are adopt
cd. and there are some that these do not
contain. The present school. which FUR
nishcs the boys for tho choir. can take only
New York boys who can live at their homes
with the new building boys will be received
from other cities. There arc many more
applications than can be accepted The
bcadrnaster. the Rev. Or. Ernest Noorhis'
has resigned 10 take effect At the en1 OF
the current school year