New Britain herald., 1922-03-04
AREA UNIVERSITY
 OF COLONIAL TYPE
New Catholic Church in Illinois,
 Reproduced From Lyme

Chicago, March An old colonia
 house = the, First Congregations
 church of Lyme, Conn.,, is to be re.
 produced at Area, H., 30 miles from Chicago, as a Catholic church. It is
 to be the chapel of the new Catholic
 university St. Mary of the Lake.
 '.We are not appropriating any thing from the colonial architects but are merely taking back our own,' Joseph w. Mccarthy, designer of the university, said when asked to ex- meeting house as a model for a Cath ollie church. "The Adams brothers brought the colonial or strictly speaking, Georgian style to England tfrom Rome, and the Romans got it from the Greeks.
 Plans Made in England.
 Plans for the early colonial churches were mainly drawn in Lon- don. and reflected the Adams craze, then the vogue there. The original plans for the Lyme meeting house, erected in 1S15-17, are supposed to have come from England as the con- tractor, one Belcher, was not an arch itect, and his workmen were largely ship carpenters. There is an old story in Lyme that the plans were brought from England in one of the Lyme ships'
 The present Lyme church, repro duction of the one built in 1915, was constructed after fire destroyed the nrit in, rbo at St. Mary of the Lake university will follow it, so far as the exterior is concerned except that the Catho- lie chapel will be of brick and stone instead of the white pine used at Lyme. The interior has been rear ranged to conform to the needs of Catholic church.
 Reason for Choice.
 The real reason for choosing the colonial meeting house as model, according to Mr, Mccarthy, was to carry out the decision of Archbishop George Mundelein to build the new university in the colonial style. When thea Area university will be a training school for 600 candidates for the priesthood. It's six year course will supplement the five year train- ing given boys of the Chicago diocese at Quigley Preparatory seminary here.
 The Area site embraces 1000 acres, including a lake mile long. Five buildings, convent, of the Francis can Sisters, the philosophy lecture hall, philosophy dormitory, rectory and power plant have been complet- ed and were opened to classes last fall. The theological section will be completed by September, 1925. Work started in August, 1920.
 Work Under Way.
 Five bridges have been built and work is under way toward the de- velopment of the extensive grounds. Two curving concrete moles provide boat landings, from which terraced plateau is to be crowned by the cha pei, with its graceful Wren spire ris- ing 150 feet, or 210 feet above the lake level. On either side of the chapel will be extensive formal gar dens, surrounded by a continuous pergoa.
 The complete university plans call for chapel, administration building, library, theology hall, philosophy hall, | dormitories for each, dormtory for the men and faculty of the sacred order, auditorium gymnasium and swimming pool, boathouse and bel Nedere, mall, rectory and kitchens, greenhouses, laundry warehouse, shop. convent and in- tirmary and the five bridges of St. Paul the Apostle, St. Charles Bor- romeo, St. George, St. Thomas Aquin- IS and St. Augustine