Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . so is Romanesque instyle, of Roxbury stone, with buff Amherst stonetrimmings, and carvings about the arched entrances,the finials, and the top of the square side tower,terminating in the steeple. The main front onBeacon street has the triple entrance, with gablesand a rich rose-window, the West Chester park sideshows a double front, with a triple two-story frontand rose-window above, and the river side is twostories with three arched stone dormers
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . so is Romanesque instyle, of Roxbury stone, with buff Amherst stonetrimmings, and carvings about the arched entrances,the finials, and the top of the square side tower,terminating in the steeple. The main front onBeacon street has the triple entrance, with gablesand a rich rose-window, the West Chester park sideshows a double front, with a triple two-story frontand rose-window above, and the river side is twostories with three arched stone dormers. The in-terior is on the cruciform plan. The roof is open-timbered, with ash trusses, and the finish generallyis in ash. The vestry and class-rooms are in thenorth transept on the first floor, and over the vestryis a dining-room with kitchen and pantries adjoin-ing. The ministers room and the ladies parlorare in the second story, on the West Chester parkside. The architects of this church were Walker& Kimball. It succeeds the sombre granite-frontchurch which has so long stood on Ashburton 1 See chapter on the Theatres. BOSTON 0|- TO-DAY,. WOODBURY BUILDING. place. Since its organization in 1842 the Society has had but two pastors, — FAluardX. Kirk, whose service extended from 1842 to 1874,closing only with his death, and Samuel E. Herrick,who began first in 1871 as associate pastor. \\ith the churches should be classed the buildingof the Young Mens Christian Association, Boylstonand Berkeley streets, opposite the Natural Historybuilding. It is quiet and tasteful in design andwarm in color, through the blending of brick andbrown-stone. The style of architecture is definedas Scotch baronial. The feature of the Boylston-street fagade is the entrance porch, from a dignifiedflight of broad stone steps, over which is the motto Teneo et teneor ; and the corner of the buildingis relieved by a round-roofed bay-window thrownout at the second story. The vestibule opens into a
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