Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly . -T Ei-z;\^7iatJ. — OUR DESIGNS. 15 DESIGN No. 2—DESCRIPTION. A design for a cliiuch suitable for a town or village, capable of seat-ing 275 persons comfortably. There is a room at the rear end on eachside of the pulpit, separated fi-om it by movable glass partitions ; theserooms ai-e 8X13 feet, wiU seat 25 persons, and can be nsed in connectionwith the audience-room when necessary, thus 325 persons can be ac-commodated without crowding, and fifty more in the aisles. The fines should appear in the corners of the room next to thepulpit, and
Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly . -T Ei-z;\^7iatJ. — OUR DESIGNS. 15 DESIGN No. 2—DESCRIPTION. A design for a cliiuch suitable for a town or village, capable of seat-ing 275 persons comfortably. There is a room at the rear end on eachside of the pulpit, separated fi-om it by movable glass partitions ; theserooms ai-e 8X13 feet, wiU seat 25 persons, and can be nsed in connectionwith the audience-room when necessary, thus 325 persons can be ac-commodated without crowding, and fifty more in the aisles. The fines should appear in the corners of the room next to thepulpit, and an excavation being made under the rear end of the audience-room, with an ordinary fuinace placed at this point the whole could bethoiougiily warmed. The expense of this would be little more than forstoves placed in the rooms ; these, besides being unsightly, take upconsiderable room and yield a less pleasant heat. • The main room is 35/(G0 feet outside measurements. The entranceis on the side tluough an open porch, which connects with a belfiy. _ &Z1E ELEvX^IDTnL 16 OUE DESIGNS. carried up 40 feet from the grotmd. The sides have buttresses whichtermuiate under the eaves. The exterior is weather-boarded withfsiding, narrow and over-lapped. The story is 14 feet high at the eaves, 20 feet in the centre, and 30feet to the apex of the roof. The windows are of stained glass at 75 cents per square foot: thepews of pine with moulded ends. The platform is raised three rises above the audience-room of good quahty mill-worked boards. The walls are all wainscoted as high as the window-siUs, and finishedwith a neatly moidtled cap. The roof and belfr\- are covered with slate of a medium size, laid onfelt with three inch overlap. The cost of the building, if carried out according to the design anddescription, would be $2,837.
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