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We, the undersigned, do hereby declare that we are, or that it is our desire and intention to become, members of the Society or Parish of Christ Church in Hartford.
Dated at Hartford this first day of April, 1839.
Samuel Tudor
d
Charles Sigourney d
Simeon Griswold
d
Horace Loveland
Cyprian Nichols
d
Philemon F. Robbins d
Eben' Flower d
Walter Phelps
d
J. M. Goodwin d
J. W. Bull
đ
Denison Morgan
đ
P. Dickinson đ
Dudley Buck
d
B. Rowland
d
Geo. Beach
d
S. B. Beresford
d
S. H. Huntington
d
Chester Adams d
Charles Brainard
d
H. Huntington, Jr. d
đ
Hezh Brainard
d
Daniel S. Dewey
đ
Edward Goodman
d
Asa Farwell d
Ch. H. Northam
d
R. Watkinson
d
C. A. Colton d
John Hatfield
đ
Henry S. Humphrey
d
Ralph Goodwin
d
William H. Hoadley
d
Jeremy Hoadley
d
Geo. M. Bartholomew
r
Gurdon W. Russell
Jas. S. Wickham d
Normand Lyman
d
J. S. Hewlett
r
Luther Smith
d
Thos. T. Fisher
d
William H. Meigs
r
Miles A. Tuttle
d
John B. Eldridge
d
N. H. Colton
Walter Keney
d
James A. Canfield
d
James Goodwin, Jr.
d
Isaac Toucey
d
Horace Averill
d
George Beach, Jr.
George Houston
d
Zephaniah Preston
d
John F. Winter
d
J. S. Morgan
d
William R. Phelps
r
H. S. Parsons
d
John S. Gray
r
Phillip Ripley
đ
Alfred Watkinson
d
William T. Lee
d
A. M. Gordon
d
Eri W. Warner
Jas. Bolter
A. Houston
d John Brocklesby d
C. H. Sigourney
d
Geo. Sumner d
Lemuel Humphrey
đ
Thos. Skinner
496
CHRIST CHURCH, HARTFORD.
L. T. Downes
Perry Smith
d
Benning Mann
F. L. Smith
F. A. Brown
d
Lorenzo B. Goodman d
Amos S. Post
Seymour Watrous d
Benj. G. Whitman d
William Mather d
Phillip Ripley, Jr.
1*
Normand Lyman, Jr. 1ª
George Buck
1
Newton Carter
d
John Brainard
James Killam
Robert Nichols
Alfred B. Redfield
1
Francis T. Russell
r
Augs S. Jerome
WVm. Isham
r
Henry Tucker
Isaac A. Bragaw
d
J. W. Beach
d
Henry M. Drane
r
J. B. Brown Elisha Johnson d
Julius Young
‹1
Lewis J. Young
d
Joseph Harris
Samuel H. White d
1
Geo. E. Hatch
1
G. A. Stedman, Jr. d
Jno. C. Du Bois
r
Henry S. Watrous
d
Albert Brace
Geo. D. Jewett
d
Geo. S. Hartley
r
Julius A. Case
r
E. Shattuck
B. Sage
d
Geo. S. Green d
D. A. Shepard
d
A. G. Cooley
d
II. C. Fuller
d
J. B. Powell
1
C. J. Fuller
S. F. Hotchkiss
1
Bnell Sedgewick d
Thos. C. Weildon
d
Henry Sherman
d
N. Rice, Jr.
d
Geo. A. Wright
d
Wm. F. Tuttle
d
H. Tudor Brownell
d
Dan' Goodwin d
Aug. N. LeRoy d
Jason Backus
Chas. R. Chapman r
Wm. H. McFarland r
Wm. R. Brownell
d
Edwd H. Brinley
r
Charles R. Fisher d
J. S. Barnett d
d
Edward Preston ₾
Simon Towle
d
George S. Burnham
d
Geo. Robinson
r
William Woodward d
C. C. Kimball
r
Charles S. Mason
r
John C. Palmer, Jr.
Joseph Mason
r
F. W. Burr
d
Thos. A. Alexander
d
C. D. Nott,
1
Augustus T. Post
Joseph Hall
r
Henry H. Fitch
d
G. S. Farnham, Jr. đ
John Higgins
Chas. P. Hatch
Chs. A. Stillman
Charles J. Hoadly
J. K. Southmayd
George B. Preston
r
Ephraim Allen
Wm. Conner d
Isaac F. Smyth
James White
Seymour N. Case
S. W. Goodridge
d
R. H. Canfield
James M. B. McNary
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No. 7.
The undersigned hereby express their desire, and intention, of becoming members of the Parish of Christ Church.
1867.
Wm. M. Legate d
1878. Chs. G. Stone d
Clinton B. Davis r
A. J. Nelson 1
John F. Tracy
Henry Corning d
Philemon W. Robbins 1*
Wm. A. Crane
O. Dudley Cooke d
Herbert H. Hollister
Geo. B. Fisher r
M. E. Merrill d
L. A. Dickinson
r
1881.
C. WV. Strickland r
F. B. Winnie
d E. H. Young 1882. S. P. Abell r
J. Scrugham Quinn
I. B. Davis d
John H. Sage
W. Edgar Simonds
r
1871.
Charles E. Dustin
1872.
Geo. Brinley d
E. M. Reed
Edwin S. Bartlett
B. F. Ellis
1873.
Clarence Terry d
1874.
D. T. Lanman d
Wm. E. Allen 1875.
r
George C. Jarvis
S. W. Miller 1
George W. Miller I
1876.
d
S. B. Curtis
George W. Hubbard
J. Ward Fuller d
S. II. Whittaker
William H. Dodd
Philo F. Talcott Frederick A. Robbins
d
George L. Parmele
1883.
Robert H. Burton
George R. Bodge
Sidney E. Clarke
WV. H. Prothero r
Charles W. Barry
1*
Henry W. Belknap r
WVm. Deming d
E. H. Crosby, 2d 1
1884.
Albert L. Butler John M. Taylor 1885. Alfred C. J. Williams William A. Baeder Franklin H. Sage 1
1886. WV. B. Nelson r
Edward M. Bunce F. S. Crossfield 1887 John D. Tucker Stephen Terry George M. Bond
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James J. Goodwin 1880.
Elisha Moore d
I'm. L. Matson
Charles T. Russ d
Charles R. Hart
J. F. Holmer 1868.
Frank J. Knox
r
Saml G. Tracy
1869.
L. W. Clarke
r
Herbert Wilmerding r
d
Henry Wilson
1877.
498
CHRIST CHURCH, HARTFORD.
1888.
Fisher A. B. Wenk
E. B. Gaylord
r
George H. Carr
E. Shelton r
George W. Ellis
Louis A. Tracy
1
Walter J. Cavell
Arthur D. Robinson
1
James E. Mitchell
Francis E. Brownell
1
WV. A. Wolcott
1890.
B. N. B. Miller
George H. Whitmore 1
1894.
Henry M. Taylor
1
Arthur F. Donley d
Charles C. Beach
Samuel H. Bancroft
Henry N. Robinson
Frederick B. Lewis đ
Wm. Jas. Murray
r
Andrew Whiton
R. Cadman H
Frederick IV. Eaves
John C. Abbott
Jonathan S. Curtis 1891.
John McClary 1895. Ormond V. Sharp
IV. G. Morgan T. B. Beach Robert J. Camp
1893.
R. W. Curtis
Arthur F. Eggleston
Alfred W. Dodd E. M. Huntsinger Irving E. Strickland
No. 8. Celebration of Consecration of Church.
A full account of this celebration was published in pamphlet form soon after its occurrence, but to put it in a more permanent shape it is incorporated entire in this volume, with the exception of the numerous names of the various committees. It was written by Mr. Nichols, the Rector, who was actively interested in the affair.
It had long been a cherished project of some of the members of Christ Church Parish to observe in a fitting way the fiftieth anni- versary of the consecration of the present church building, when at the annual meeting of the parish, held Monday evening, April 14, 1879, the following preamble and resolution were passed, on the motion of Dr. Gurdon W. Russell, viz .:
" Whereas, The Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the Consecration of this Church will occur on the twenty-third day of December of this year, and as it is desirable that this should be noticed in a public and proper manner, therefore,
Charles C. Sommer
W. R. Pinney
Edwin A. Taylor r
Frank W. Loomis
Arthur S. Joyner
Frank W. Whiton
CHAPEL. 1835-1879.
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Resolved, That the Vestry be authorized and requested to make such appointments and arrangements as may be necessary for the celebration of this Anniversary in December next."
Acting upon this request the Vestry, at a meeting held Satur- day evening, June 21st, voted, "That a committee of five be appointed to make suitable arrangements for the Semi-Centennial celebration of this parish, and said committee have power to ap- point sub-committees at their discretion." The following gentle- men were chosen:
Dr. Gurdon W. Russell, Chairman, Messrs. David T. Lanman, George Beach, Charles H. Northam, and William L. Matson.
This committee had several meetings at the Mercantile National Bank, and at Dr. Russell's house, and the following order of exer- cises was decided upon for Tuesday, December 23d, the fiftieth anniversary of the Consecration of the Church:
10.30 A. M. Service, with sermon by Bishop Clark of Rhode Island, rector of the parish 1851-55.
2.30 P. M. Address by the rector, and history of the parish by Mr. Charles J. Hoadly, clerk of the parish 1864-1879.
7.30 P. M. Reception at Allyn Hall.
It was also decided to ask former rectors of the parish to officiate in the church on Sunday, December 21st. (Fourth Sun- day in Advent.)
As soon as the arrangements had taken definite shape, neatly engraved invitations were sent to all clergymen who, from pre- vious associations, or otherwise, would be likely to have an in- terest in the event. These invitations were in the following form:
1829.
SEMI-CENTENNIAL. 1879.
CHRIST CHURCH, HARTFORD.
December 23d, A.D. 1879.
You are respectfully invited to attend the Semi-Centennial Celebra- tion of the Consecration of this Church.
Former Rectors of the Parish will officiate on Sunday, December Twenty-First.
Tuesday, December Twenty-Third, Fiftieth Anniversary of the Con- secration.
10.30 A. M. Commemorative Service in the Church, with a sermon by Bishop Clark.
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2.30 P. M. In the Church, Address, and History of the Parish by Charles J. Hoadly, Esq.
7.30 P. M. Reception at Allyn Hall.
GURDON W. RUSSELL.
DAVID T. LANMAN. Committee of
CHARLES H. NORTHAM.
GEORGE BEACH.
Arrangements.
WILLIAM L. MATSON.
WM. F. NICHOLS, Rector.
Special invitations were also sent to the Right Reverend Dr. Horatio Potter, Bishop of New York, the only one living of those who officiated at the Consecration; to the Hon. S. H. Huntington, the only survivor of the Vestry as it was at the time of the Con- secration; to Mrs. William Jarvis, whose husband, the late Rev. William Jarvis, took part in the Consecration services; and to Mrs. Henry Bolles, who sang soprano in the choir on the day of the Consecration. Mr. L. B. Goodman was appointed a committee to receive visiting clergymen.
The pressure of Christmas work made it impossible for many, who would otherwise have accepted the invitations, to take part in the celebration, and the former rectors living out of town were unable, for the same reason, to be present, either on Sunday the 21st, or on the 23d. The letters that came were full of expressions of interest in the event, of regret that the writers could not be away from home at the time of the celebration, and of good wishes for the future of the parish. Many of these letters con- tained reminiscences of associations with the old parish that were numbered among the happiest and holiest in life. Mention may be made, among many others, of the names of Bishop Potter of New York, Bishop Coxe of Western New York, Bishop Lee of Delaware, Bishop Kerfoot of Pittsburgh, the Rev. Drs. Morgan, Washburn, Payne, Fairbairn, D. R. Goodwin, Leeds, Geer, Bolles, Coit, Beardsley, Harwood, Clerc, Brainard, and Rev. Mr. Corson ; most of these named having been in some way associated with the past of the parish. Prominent among the good wishes for the occasion were those of the Rev. Dr. R. M. Abercrombie, rector from 1856-1861, and the Rev. Robert Meech, rector from 1868-1874, whose absence, made necessary by Christmas duties, was a dis- appointment to many who had counted on seeing them.
The order of services on Sunday and Tuesday, December 21st and 23d, has been already given.
To give a full account of the reception which was held at Allyn
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Hall, the evening of the 23d, beginning at 7. 30, it will be necessary to go back a little. At an early stage of the arrangements the general committee consulted with some of the ladies of the parish, and found a general belief that the ladies for their part would un- dertake to prepare the collation for the proposed evening recep- tion. By way of testing the matter several ladies were asked to serve as heads of committees, and it was decided to send to every family in the parish the following circular :
TO THE PARISHIONERS OF CHRIST CHURCH1.
On Tuesday, the 23d of December next, it is proposed to celebrate the semi-centennial of the consecration of our Church. In the evening there will be a
RECEPTION AT ALLYN HALL,
for the church people of Hartford and invited guests from abroad, for which there is to be a collation provided. As this collation is to be fur- nished by the parish, we send the enclosed postal card, asking that every family will agree to send something for the table, however little. Will you please fill in the blanks as may suit your convenience, and return it to the committee on or before Saturday, the 22d of November.
The answers to this request were very prompt and generous, and it soon became evident that all expectations would be fully realized.
So large was the provision for the collation, it should be said here, that enough was left over to send large Christmas contribu- tions to the Widows' Home, the Church Home, the Alms House, and many individuals.
A general meeting of the ladies of the parish was held in the Church, Wednesday morning, November 26th, at which the com- mittees for the collation were appointed in full.
For many days before the Semi-Centennial these various com- mittees were actively engaged upon the details of preparation, so that, when the evening of the reception came, there were decora- tions in the hall in good taste, an attractive supper-room with bountifully laden and handsomely arranged tables, a large corps of waitresses with uniform caps and aprons, a goodly number of ushers, and a large Reception Committee to welcome parishioners and guests. Each committee could be distinguished by the color of its satin-badges, which had printed on them : " Semi-Centennial Reception of Christ Church, Hartford, Conn., 1829-1879." The badges of the General Committee of Arrangements were gold color ; of the Committee on Supplies, maroon ; of the Committee
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on Table Furniture, navy blue ; of the Committee on Serving the Collation, light blue ; of the Committee on Decorations, pink ; and of the Reception Committee and ushers, white. The music was furnished by Adkins' Orchestra. On the stage of the hall there was a display of plants in pots, and a shield properly inscribed. There were also shown the original elevations of the present church, with a tower differing from the one afterwards built.
Besides the invitations to the clergy, cards of admission to the reception of this form:
"CHRIST CHURCH, HARTFORD, CONN.
1829-1879. SEMI-CENTENNIAL, DEC. 23."
had been issued to parishioners and all others specially interested in the parish, and it was estimated that between six and seven hundred were present at the reception. It added much to the en- joyment of the evening to have Bishop Williams, and many former worshipers in Christ Church now connected with other parishes. at the hall. The evening passed pleasantly and rapidly away, and ended a day which in all its associations cannot fail to be a memo- rable day in the history of Christ Church Parish.
It seems proper to give a brief account of the steps leading to the gift and erection of the new buildings with which the church begins it second half-century, together with a description of the buildings themselves. Without touching upon the sacred motives or the shrinking modesty with which the matter was first broached, the earliest formal action was taken at a special meeting of the parish held in the old chapel, Monday evening, November 18, 1878. At that meeting a letter was read from Mrs. James Goodwin, as follows :
"MY DEAR MR. NICHOLS : -
" It may be desirable for you to have a definite statement of what we wish to do, to lay before the parish meeting. I therefore send you the following :
" Having long felt the need of better accommodations than the present chapel affords for carrying on our parochial work, we will, with the con- sent and approval of the parish, erect a suitable and convenient building for such purposes.
" The only conditions of the gift are that such satisfactory provisions be made as will prevent its alienation, and that it shall always be kept in
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good repair and properly insured, so that, in case of its destruction by fire, there may be the means for rebuilding it.
Yours very truly, LUCY M. GOODWIN. " Thursday, Nov. 14, 1878."
This letter was accompanied by a ground-plan of the proposed buildings. It was thereupon
Resolved, That this Parish approves and accepts the proposition of Mrs. James Goodwin (embodied in her letter to the Rector, of Nov. 14th, and the accompanying draft), to erect a Parish building and recess chan- cel for the church, recognizing the great advantage that will in many ways accrue to the Church through the gift, and expressing its sense of the large generosity the proposition carries with it.
Resolved, That Rev. W. F. Nichols, Messrs. George Beach, David T. Lanman, and Dr. G. W. Russell be a committee with power to take all steps necessary on the part of the parish to facilitate the carrying out the above proposition.
It was at once determined to enter into negotiations for such a readjustment of boundary lines and rights of way in the rear of the church as would secure a site for the new buildings, and Mr. I. B. Davis was commissioned to ascertain the cost. Two thou- sand dollars were raised by subscription to purchase a piece of land required, and Mr. D. T. Lanman and Dr. Gurdon W. Russell were appointed the agents of the parish to act in the whole matter. After many delays, during which the Senior Warden, Mr. George Beach, rendered much assistance, all the papers necessary to con- vey the piece of property to the parish, and to change rights of way to the western end of the church lot -the former rights of way having been between the church and the old chapel - were passed Wednesday morning, March 12, 1879.
In order to meet the agreement made in accepting the gift " that such satisfactory provisions should be made as would pre- vent its alienation," at a special meeting of the parish held Mon- day evening, May 5, 1879, Dr. G. W. Russell and Mr. D. T. Lan- man were appointed the agents of the parish to transfer to the "Trustees of Donations and Bequests for Church Purposes " the land on which the buildings were to be erected, the deed of trans- fer to contain certain limitations and conditions.
At the time that Mrs. Goodwin and her daughter, Miss Mary Goodwin, first proposed to build a Memorial Chapel and Parish Building in connection with Christ Church, no alteration of the church itself was contemplated.
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CHRIST CHURCH, HARTFORD.
The Rev. Mr. Nichols, then Rector of the Parish, however, urged that unless some provision was made for the enlargement and improvement of the chancel, it could never be made afterwards. He suggested that the Wheaton memorial fund would provide for the stonework and glass of the window, and that other memorials were contemplated which would go far towards furnishing the necessary fitting. Mrs. and Miss Goodwin, however, provided everything but the window, the Reredos, the Chancel Rail, and the Credence. The Pulpit, Prayer Desk, and stalls were designed by Mr. F. C. Withers and executed by Ellin & Kitson of New York. The brass Lectern was made by John Hardman & Co. of Birmingham, England. The stones of the Chancel Arch were set in rough blocks and the moulding cut after they were in position. Much of this work, together with that of setting the stone steps, was done at night in order that everything might be completed in time for the Semi-Centennial services. The total cost, $30,106. 19. The Chancel Rail was given by Miss Brinley.
On Thursday, the 8th of May, the work of demolishing the old chapel began, photographs having been taken of it and of the chancel as it was originally arranged. While the new buildings were in process of construction, the south porch of the church was used as a robing-room, and owing to the ingenious device of a partition built up six feet from the wall on the inside of the church, and good inanagement on the part of the builders, the work of cutting through the chancel arch did not interfere with holding services in the church but one Sunday.
The Rev. Francis Goodwin, who had at the first drawn the ground-plan and reached the solution of the difficulty of finding room for all that was wanted on the space to which the buildings were limited, gave the whole work a most thorough and valuable over- sight, and on the morning of the semi-centennial, in behalf of Mrs. Goodwin, he delivered to the Rector of the Parish, in the presence of the Senior Warden, the keys of the finished and furnished buildings.
The memorial window to the Rev. Dr. Wheaton, referred to in the description to be given of the new buildings, was purchased by a fund originally raised by means of a fair and concert, in December, 1872, and since that time held by an association known as " The Wheaton Memorial Fund Association."
The subject of the Transfiguration of our Blessed Lord was ultimately chosen for the window; the figure from Raphael's Transfiguration, painted on canvas, having been presented to the
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GANGWAY, FROM CHURCH STREET, 1835-1879.
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Parish by the Rev. Dr. Wheaton, and having hung in the window- frame back of the pulpit before the window just removed was put up. When the addition to the church was projected, the Window Committee accepted a proposition from Mrs. Goodwin to have the supervision of putting in the window undertaken by those who had the other changes in charge, and finally appropriated the amount on hand for that purpose. The fund, which at first was $2,278, in the meantime under the careful management of Mrs. Henry Wilson, the treasurer, had increased to over $3,000. There seemed to be an especial fitness in having for the beginning of the second fifty years of the church such a beautiful memorial to him to whose exertions and architectural taste and skill it was, under God, due that the first fifty years began with so noble a building. It is hoped that the church may before many years have within it memorials to other names the parish holds in loving memory.
The new carpet was paid for in part from a fund raised by the ladies of the parish a few years since, of which Mrs. John Jarvis was treasurer, and in part by subscriptions from several of the gentlemen. The balance in the hands of the treasurer for the celebration was also appropriated towards the carpet.
A full description of the improvements is added:
The ground occupied by the new building covers a space in the rear of the church of 92 feet by 42 feet. The principal entrance from Church street leads into a hall 71% feet wide, with tiled lobby; from thence on the right into a study for the rector, in which is a large four-light bay window, dressing-room, elosets, ete. Opposite to this room is one for the meetings of the vestry, 24 feet by 1512 feet. At the end of the main hall, and on the wall facing it, is a monument, removed to the new building, formerly erected by the "Episcopal Female Benevolent Society of Hart- ford," in memory of Mrs. Mary Morgan, widow of Dr. Titus Mor- gan, who was seventeen years President of the Society. The entrance on the west, designed more especially for the children, is connected with the main hall and leads to the chapel, which is 55 feet by 24 feet, with sitting accommodation for about 200 adults, the seats being arranged with reversible backs for Sunday-school purposes. This room is 17 feet high. The ceiling was made flat so as to bring the roof below the sill of the chancel window, and is constructed with solid molded oak beams resting on stone corbels, the space between them being paneled with ash divided by molded ribs. The wooden altar with screen at back, used in the church since its erection in 1829, has been put up at the end
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of the chapel as a relic of the old work. In the basement in con- nection with this room is a large Sunday-school library. The staircase, which is amply lighted by a four-light window in the upper part, and also by a large skylight, leads from the first land- ing directly into the body of the church through a doorway cut through for that purpose. On the second floor is a fine room in- tended for a parish room; this is 40 feet by 24 feet, besides the bay-window, which is four feet deep. The window in the gable at the end of the room which faces Main street is of three lights, with stone tracery in the head. The principal roof timbers, which are oak, are exposed to view, and the ceiling carried to the collar beams, gives a total height of 17 feet. In connection with this room are three large closets, one for the use of the Ladies' Mis- sionary Society, one for the sewing-school, and one for the mothers' meetings. There is in the basement a room for mission- ary stores. At the end of the parish room, and in the rector's study and robing room, there are brown stone mantels, with pressed brick jambs and backs. An entrance from the staircase to the north gallery of the church, for the use of the school children, has been made by cutting through the wall and forming a doorway. The floors throughout are of yellow pine, and the rooms are wainscoted in ash, and all the woodwork of doors, trimmings, etc., is of the same material. The windows through- out are filled with cathedral glass in ornamental patterns of various tints set in lead work, and were furnished by Charles Booth of New York. An opening has been made in the west wall of the church, and a lofty molded arch of Ohio stone inserted in it; the jambs consist of one central and two angle columns, with molded bases, capitals, etc., the centre columns are stopped half-way down the jambs by carved heads; the archivolt is deeply molded with a label molding stopped on carved heads. On account of the size of the ground the chancel could only be made about 16 feet in depth, and 20 feet in width. The roof is of oak in the form of a barrel vault with moulded ribs and elaborately carved bosses at their intersection. On the south side of the chancel is a large rob- ing room, which is entered through a molded stone arched door- way. The floor of the chancel is carried on two large iron girders with brick arches between them, and is raised above the platform at the end of the nave by four stone steps to the level of the inner chancel. The space between the steps and wall is laid with Min- ton's encaustic tiles, and the walls skirted with a molded base of Tennessee marble.
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