. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. Cost of ch ipel, as related below 15,00000 Total • $76, $25, The year 1896 was of more thanordinary- consequence to this one of three years of mone-tary trouble, it witnessed the removalof the chapel of i860, and the build-ing of another, which is adequate to SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 13 the larger needs of the parish. Thenew chapel the handiwork of par-ishioners, the designer being GeorgeS. Forrest, and the builders L. & Son. The bu
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. Cost of ch ipel, as related below 15,00000 Total • $76, $25, The year 1896 was of more thanordinary- consequence to this one of three years of mone-tary trouble, it witnessed the removalof the chapel of i860, and the build-ing of another, which is adequate to SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 13 the larger needs of the parish. Thenew chapel the handiwork of par-ishioners, the designer being GeorgeS. Forrest, and the builders L. & Son. The building com-mittee were B. A. Kimball, E. , L. H. Carroll, L,aura , and Charlotte A. defray the cost of this building,with its seats and fixtures, $13,,two hundred and fourteen personscontributed. Other gifts were re-ceived, such as plans for the build-ing, pulpit furniture, parlor chairs,desks, clocks, andirons, etc., to thevalue of about S675. The LadiesSocial Circle provided parlor andother outfittings to the amount ofabout $630. The choir-room was. Dea. Joseph T. Sleeper. equipped by use of part of the pro-ceeds of a chapel concert. This car-ries the total outlay above $15,000. In October, 1898, one of the mostinteresting and successful of the three-days annual meetings of the. Amer- ican Association was heldin the South church,—a meetingwhich was made possible here by theenlarged buildings. If it is desirable to estimate thecost of the visible property withwhich the church now worships, itmay be set down as follows Original outlay, i860Galleries, 1867 .Organ, 1868Chapel, iSq6 Total . 124,545-00 3,104,56 4, 15, 146, or somewhat more than twice thesum of its recorded benevolences foreight years. It is doubtful whethera like outlay has anywhere givenbetter results. The deacons of the church havebeen Samuel Fletcher, John Niles,Amos Wood, David Kimball, EppsBurnham, Nathaniel Evans, AsaMcFarland, Caleb Pa
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