The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-10
Special Service To Mark
the Event - Contract
Let To Wade & Chain,
and Building and Fur
nishings Are Estimated
At $4,000
CBy Rev. D. b. Sweatl

The breaking OF ground Tor the new
Dixeland Methodist church will he
the occasion of special religious sery-
ices at the church grounds tomorrow
morning at 1880 O'Clock.
This is one of the most interesting
church enterprises in the city of Lake
land IT will be recalled that some
ten years ago the church building that
is being used now as a house of wor-
ship. was erected in a day. servi.ea
being conducted in the house that
night The sermon was preached by
the late Bishop II. C. Morrison.
Last year second building was put
up in the same way to temporarily
house the fast-g growing Sunday school.
Now these two buildings have been
moved to the lot Immediately south of
the church lot, this having been
bought by the trustees for the parson-
age.
The new plant, which will be locat-
ed on the corner of South Boulevard
and Finney street, will cost. when
completed and furnished. approximate
ly $75.0O0, according to the estimates
of contractors and builders.
Messr;. Wade 4 Chaffin will super
intend the building. beginning tomor-
row morning Mr.. Wade is moving to
the city from Lake Wales, and will
become permanent resident. lie has
brought property on South Florida
avenue The architect drawing the
plans for the new church is DR.. J. A.
Baylor of the Board of Church EX
tension, Louisville, Ky. and the local
supervising architect is f. c. llosford
o! this city.
The intention of the building com
mittee. of which Mr. r. +. Robertson
is chairman, is to push the work as
rapidly as possible completing the
first story of the structure. Then it
may he necessary to wait while,
meanwhile worshiping in that part of
the church. 1t is hoped that such will
not be the case, but that the work can
20 forward to completion.
The location of the DiXieland church
is just three blocks west of the South
ern College property, and this gives
additional emphasis to the necessity
of prompt action in building in time
TO accommodate the student body eX-
pected in Lakeland next fall.
The plans for the new church were
drawn by the architectural department
, of our Board of Church Extension, of
which Dr. j. A. Baylor is the ecre-
tary
The extreme length of the building
120 feet. and the extreme width is 20
including heating plant and steps is
feet
I The basement OF the proposed
which will probably be used for the
( church has i large room 4SX29 feet.
I intermediate department, prayer meet
/ ing room and social hall. The kitchen
! is conveniently located for serving in
/ to this room Directly beneath the
main auditorium is a large room,
which may be divided by permanent
partition, making two department
rooms, 23x52 feet, or folding partitions
may be used making it possible to
throw all this space into one large as
sembly room.
On the main floor is the auditorium,
which with balcony and choir, will
have a total seating capacity of nearly
coo adults. There is a room 2Sxl9
feet and another 20X20, suggested for
primaries and beginners, ladies' par
lor 1Sx14 and an adult class room OF
good size.
The balcony floor has junior room
20x29 feet, two adult class rooms and
pastors study.
Every Methodist in the state and
many who are of other faiths will
want to have some brick in the new
church The young people of this and
other generations will come to South
ern College for Christian education
and in the nature of things DiXieland
will be the church home of majority
of the young people.
Contributions will be very accept
able in any amount. They may be
sent to Mr.. w. +. Boyer, treasurer of
the building committee, or to Rev. ID.
B. Sweat. assistant editor of the Ad-
vocate, Lakeland. The building COM
mittee is composed of T. 4. Robertson.
chairman; d. S. Snyder. secretary; w.
E. Boyer. treasurer; G. H. Dickerson,
R. C. Elliott. G. w. Rosenberg pas
tor.
DIR. G. w. Rosenberg, pastor of
this wide-awake church, Joined the
Central New York Conference on trial
in 1898, the same year he entered Syr-
acuse Univerity. In 1902 he trans