The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-02
NEW Church IN
USE TOMORROW
Christian Science Service
in New Building on
Putney Road
ERECTED AT COST
OF OVER $4,000
This in Addition to L0t-Further Unit
of Expense Later to Include Finishing
of Balcony. Sunday School Room and
Installing Organ.


Tomorrow will mark the opening of the
new edifce of the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, which has been in pro-
cess of construction on Putney road since
last October and on which work has pro-
gressed rapidly the past month The
exterior staging which the workmen have
been using is being removed and the
auditorium will be finished in time for the
first service tomorrow The reading room
viii be located temporarily in the foyer
of the church.
The lot on which the church stands was
bought of Mrs. j. Harry Estey in March.
1920, at a cost of $4,000 The building
has been erected at a cost of n little over
S20.0O0. up to date. The old two-tene-
ment house was torn down and work was
started on the new structure in October.
\ brief special service for the laying of
the corner store was held on Thanksgiv
ing day 'and included reading from the
Bible and Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy'S writ
ings, silent prayer and the Lords prayer.
\ copy of the Bible. and of Science and
Health. with key to the scriptures and
manual of the Mother Church by Mrs
Eddy. We're placed in the corner stone i'm
an hermetically sealed copper box. Mild
winter weather was favorable to the
work. which progressed with scarcely any
interruption.
The building is of the colonial style of
architecture with four large pillars in
front and the exterior is of white Stucco
finish with wood trimmings of deep
cream. 1t is so feet long, 36 feet wide
and 81 feet high. 1t includes an audito-
rum with seating capacity of 80. a
foyer. over which is a balcony with seat
ing capacity of 100 when completed
readers rooms, n basement in which will
be located large room for Sunday
school, layatOrieS, coat rooms and boiler
room. The interior walls are finished
in ivory white. with woodwork of birch
in mahogany finish. and there are hard
wood floors throughout.
There are two large windows in the
front of the building, one on either side of
the main entrance. also two windows ON
the north and south side of the foyer.
Light also is furnished by six electric
lights suspended from the ceiling A door
on the north and one on the south side
enter the foyer on a stairway leading to
the basement.
The auditorium is equipped with pews
and readers desks finished in mahogany
There are three large windows on either
side. which furnish ample daylight, and six
electric lights suspended from the ceiling
viii furnish illumination for evening SER
there are two readers rooms, also one on
the south. over which is another room
which probably viii be used for storage.
In the basement under the foyer lava
tories for men and women have been in
stalled and there also are coat rooms for
men and women. The steam heating
plant, which is of the wall radiation
type. is located in the basement under the
auditorium. In this basement also the
Sunday school room will be located
The windows, which are of loaded
opalescent glass, yellow and lavender pre-
dominating, are along long, straight lines
for the body of the window. with fan
shaped design in the tranSom of each.
They were made by the Alfred NJ. Bell Co.
of Boston.
The architects of the building were
| Walker & Walker of Montpelier. Pei
lett x Skinner of Brattleboro were the
contractors. The lighting system was
| installed by Horton ID. Walker of Brattle-
boro. The Fitch Plumbing & Heating
Go. of Brattleboro Installed the heating
plant The plumbing was installed by
j. Il. Rogers of Brattleboro and the
painting and decorating were done by
| Walter f. Spear of Brattleboro
The building committee in charge of
the structure consisted of Mrs. Jennie NJ.
Manley, chairman, Mrs. Fanny G. Miles.
Hiss Theodosia l.. Boone and Diedrich
Stolte.
The second unit of the building cost viii
| consist of the finishing of the balcony.
| and the Sunday school room in the base
| ment, the installation of an organ, etc.