Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-24
By THE VISITOR.

Thanksgiving day next. fall will be a
real day OF thanksgiving for DR.. j.
Ambrose Dunkel and members of the
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. be-
cause the first unit of a S45o,000 modern
church community institution will be
completed.
On that day, if present plans are car
ried out, members of the Tabernacle
Presbyterian Church at Central Avenue
and Thirty fourth street will assemble
in prayer for the first time in the new
structure.
With the completion Of the church
proper. which viii cost when completed
about S255 600, only q third of the pro-
posed $45O.O00 church instituted will be
finished Next year, according to DR..
Dunkel. work will start on a chapel and
when that is completed a modern Sunday
school plant viii round out the trio OF
buildings.
The church proper is built along
cathedral lines. The main entrance on
Thirty Fourth street will be through on
large door. which opens into veSJibui,
connecting directly with the auditorium
proper which will seat one thousand
people Large pillars extending TO the
roof line the sides OF the auditorium
proper. giving II gigantic cathedral
aspect. There will be balconies to the
rear and the sides The aisles will be Of
Oriental TIE.
COSTLY PIPE ORGAN
WILL BE INSTALLED.
The pulpit will occupy the north end
Of the auditorium and above It and to
the back will be large choir loft \
$4,000 Casabant organ has been ordered
and will be built on each side II the loft.
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Gc.-ii The inside OF the auditorium
will be limestone. stone. cement and
plaster With no wood work but the rail-
ings. pews and the like.
The windows viii enhance the white
beauty Of the interior OF the auditorium.
In the basement OF the church proper
will be several Sunday School classrooms
and a small auditorium with stage so
that plays and entertainments may be
presented The basement also viii con-
tain a large banquet hall and dining
room and a large kitchen.
CHAPEL TO CONTAIN
SOCIAL ROOM FOR WOMEN
The chapel. which will be the second
unit to be built TO the church proper
at the northwest wing, will follow the
same architectural plan OF the church
proper, but the main entrance VIII be
through a big tower. The chapel viii
be used for midweek services of prayer
and de~Otion, for weddings and funerals.
The chapel also will contain a hand
somely furnished social room fo- women,
with easy chairs and the like, a modern
kitchenette.
The third unit, which viii be built on
to the northwest wing of the chapel,
viii contain many Sunday School rooms
for departmental work. There will be
en- auditorium to be used by the young
people and the Easement viii contain a
modern gymnasium with equipment.
lockers. shower baths and the like
This building also will house an i'm
mense social room for the Older and
younger mea Of the church. and it is
the plan OF Dr. Dunkel to make it real
mans room.
A GREAT PERSONALITY BACK
OF THE BIG UNDERTAKING.
When the visitor arrived at the church
site shortly before noon, DR.. Dunkel was
walking on the top Of the east walls of
the church proper. Workman told me
that the doctor on each week day visited
them and was interested in each brick
that was placed in the realization Of his
dream-that of one OF the largest mod
ern community churches in the Middle
West
When DR.. Dunkel saw me below he