Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-09
SCIENTISTS PLAN A
NEW CHURCH HERE
Structure to Cost $4,000; Ex-
pect to Let Contract for
Building in February.

Within the next month or six weeks
several architects of Tulsa and the
| larger cities of the country Will have
submitted to the proper executives OF
! the Christian Science church of this
city plans and specifications for the
new $4,000 church edifice which Will
! be erected by that institution on a site
already purchased at the intersection
| of Boulder and Eleventh. This plan
has been under way by the officers of
the local Christian Science church for
some time. and additional frontage Of
fifty feet on Boulder was added to
| that OF los feet held here, affording "A
| beautiful site for the new church
| building, which will be eXcelled by
none in this city with the probable
exception of the Catholic cathedral
lected for the Christian Science
church.
As planned at this time by those
who instigated the movement for the
| erection of the building, 1t will be one
| of the most modern in this section or
the country. Tho but one story In
height il will combine all of the latest
features in church architecture, Civ
| ing especial attention to the heating
and ventilating systems, and basement
| arrarP cement, the latter to afford seat
| ing capacity for all of the Sunday
| school classes at one time.
viii Have Dome.
The design most favored by the
members of the church makes prom
inent dome as the crowning piece OF
| the design, rising some ten or twelve
feet 6 boVe the dome Of the Methodist
church at the intersection of Boston
and Fifth.
one of the features planned for the
| nd ysh Oh
estimates have been secured is that OF
a novel heating ana vontilating sys-
tenn The game design as that ra-
vored for the new church has been
carried out successfully in the erection
of the state capitol building at Okla :
homA City 1t provides method OF
V & shing. ana heating the air used In
ventilation in the winter months ana
of washing and cooling the air in the
summer months Bv this method a
clean and pure supply of air IS pro-
cured at all times. and fixed tenn
perature around SO degrees Is ueliN-
cred Turnout the huildiug.
The main structure. if the plans Sc
lected are IN accordance with the
views OF the church members, VIII be
erected of light buff brick, bringing
thcir shade of buff % almost "A pure
white. The stone N the structure
wrict will he used IN large quantities
as sils facings. caps and steps VIII
he Carthage granite.
viii Cost $4,000.
The building as planned at this time
will cost approximately $4,000 unfur-
nishcd. and with the furnishings
which have been suggested and on
Which estimates have been. secured
the total cost will be in the neiGhbor-
! cod of from - 90 to 10000.
There will he seating accommoda-
tions in the main auditorium for APP
proximatoly seven hundred persons
: Ne balconies are planned for the ne"
structure and tho basement VIII be
capable Of accommodating all of the
| SUNDAY school classes at one time
while the services are being held II
the main auditorium above.
It is possible, members of th'
church announced last night. that th'
, contract for the new building woult
, he let by the middle of February OF
a the first Of March. and that construc
a ton work would lie begun Just as sool
q as the material could he placed on tn
ground.