Evening journal., 1913-04-19
HANDSOME
new CHURCH
FOR ST. PAUL'S
Beautiful House Of Worship
to be Built at Cost
of $6O,OOO
WILL ACCOMMODATE
1000 CONGREGATION

ed to John Il. Haley G. Son, the con-
tract Ia erect new stone church at
cost OF s52,T0O. The price does not
include new pews, new marble altar,
lighting fixtures and the renovating
of the church organ, which will be in
cluded in the work and will probably
bring the cost of the church when
completed up to about $4,000.
After Father Waldron had given the
matter serious consideration regard
ing the remodeling of the present St |
Paul's Church. he decided that it
would be the proper thing to erect /
an entirely new stone church. Work |
has already been started on the con-
tract. The present church is being |
demolished and the new church will |
be erected on its site.
In view of the fact that il is a very /
difficult problem to provide for the
needs of the congregation, while the |
new church is under construction, |
and there is no suitable location ad- |
jacent to the church for the erection !
of a temporary structure that would !
answer the purposes Of the congre-
cation which would make necessary
a seating capacity of at least 1000
persons, it was decided by Father
Waldron and the architects Of tho
new structure. ]. & NJ Kennedy. to
use the present basement of the old
church and to erect new one over
IT, This is the most practical solu-
ton Of the problem under existing
circumstances
The new church will be one of the
most beautiful in the city as tho
style OF architecture adopted, North
arn Italian Renaissance, is a depart-
urc from the general style OF archi-
lecture which has been adopted for
ecclesiastical cdifces in this city
The church will be constructed of
Port Deposit granite, by Elwood
Tally, OF this city. The trimmings
will be Of ornamental terra Gotta
with a limestone finish. and the
work will be done by the Federal
Terra Gotta Company. of New York
The roof will be of an Italian pat
tern of terra Gotta tile which viii
carry out the design. All of the cut
stone work on the exterior will bt
of Woodstock granite and Indiana
limestone. furnished by the j. l.. Ma
lone Company, of this city.
The front Of the church will be ex.
tended towards the building line on
Jackson street, distance of about
twenty feet fr IN the present building.
The sanctuary will be erected in
the rear with a new sacristy on each
side The campanile. or tower, will
be 10 feet square, and 12S feet high.
Above it wiss be a copper cross IL feet
inches high, including the base, and
inches square. Il will tower and
predominant above that entire section
of the city
The interior Of the church will be
Of l.eel constructed ceilings. finished
with ornamental plasterwork, which
will be done by Tognarell. G. Voigt,
Of Philadelphia. The collonade on
the interior will be Of exceptionable
beautiful Italian marble. This work
will be done by the Trenton Marble
Co.
The vestible. isles. sanctuary
and baptistry. will be OF tile mosaic
Of most beautiful and protentious
design.
The lighting system will be along
the most modern and approved lines.
There '-ill be more than COO lights
through out the church. every one OF
which will be concealed, thereby
lighting the church indirectly and
fooaing it with soft glow. Z. F. Hig-
gins & Co.. will do the work.
The sanctuary and side chapels viii
be a wrk of art. surprising any
thing in Delaware.
The magnificent new marble altar
will be hanked on each side with foui
massive columns arising from the
floor to the under side of the exquist,
main cornice which runs through the
nave of the church.
Teh Calvary group will be located
over the high altar and will be flank
cd on each side by two massivl
columns of Italian marble. On eacl
side of them will be located fou
magnificent art glass windows depict
ing the four evangelists, Matthew
Mark. Luke and John. Between then
will be nitches in which will repos
marble statues of St. Peter and 81
Paul. The statues will be of Carr
marble and will be executed by fam
GUS sculptor.
The color scheme for the interio
will be Of cream and gold. The sidl
aisles will have groined ceilings sup
ported by marble colonnade ant
beautiful consoles The framing 10
these ceilings will be Of steel con
struction. The ceiling Of the nav
will be beautifully panelled with heav
plastered beams and cornices. Tn
wood work will be of heavy quarter
I'd oak and the pews will be of th
same material finished in a delicat
silver gray
On the first floor will be erected
beautiful chapel which will have en-
frances on the Third and Fourt
streets sides. In view of St. Paul
large congregation this was neces
sary as provision had to be made 70
the accommodation of about 200
people. In view of this fact il is i'm
possible to eliminate the basement @
chapel. The present stairways in tn
old church which have always bee
a detrimetn to it, will be entirel
eliminated.
Entrance to the new church will t
made from the sidewalk up FIVE steI
with easy rises and treads which wi
lead up and across broad spaC
about twenty feet wide, and up fou
more steps into the main entranc
The entrances will open off the mai
vestibule. which in turn will ope
on the church. The stairways wi
have straight leads to the sidewal
and will)be broad and expansive
The contract calls for completic
Of the work by November ]. 1913.
COLLECTING COUNTY TAX.