. A historical sketch of the Independent congregational church . rn, to Miss Shippen. On August 20,1835, Miss Shippen conveyed a portion of thisproperty, measuring 88 feet on Chestnut street,and 105 feet on Hundred-foot street, as Mainstreet was then called, to five trustees1 for thebenefit of the church; the lot being in realitythe joint gift of herself and H. J. the following month active steps were takenfor the erection of a church building, whichEdward Derby built for the contract price of$3500. The most of the money necessary wassubscribed here ; though substantial gifts cam
. A historical sketch of the Independent congregational church . rn, to Miss Shippen. On August 20,1835, Miss Shippen conveyed a portion of thisproperty, measuring 88 feet on Chestnut street,and 105 feet on Hundred-foot street, as Mainstreet was then called, to five trustees1 for thebenefit of the church; the lot being in realitythe joint gift of herself and H. J. the following month active steps were takenfor the erection of a church building, whichEdward Derby built for the contract price of$3500. The most of the money necessary wassubscribed here ; though substantial gifts camefrom members of the church at does not appear that anything resulted fromthe appeal to the churches in New England. The plans for the church, which were rigidlyadhered to, were drawn by Captain (later Gen-eral) George W. Cullum, U. S. A., a son of thechurch, who, by the way, also drew the plansfor a much more famous structure in Fort 1 The trustees were H. J. Huidekoper, Octavius Hastings,Horace Cullum, Alfred Huidekoper, and Edgar HISTORICAL SKETCH 33 Sumter. The Doric style of architecture, towhich it strictly conforms even in details, wasmuch in vogue for churches during that pe-riod ;1 and the plans for this church closelyresembled those of the Unitarian church atPhiladelphia. Externally the church was , ofred brick, with white pillars, cornice, and In the interior the walls were of a palegray, and the ceiling flat and plain. The pews,all of which were furnished with doors, werepainted white as at present; and the seats were,five inches higher and two or three inches nar-rower than they are now, so that they weremost uncomfortable, and footstools were indis-pensable to all but the tallest persons. Theministers seat, in the alcove where the organnow is, was complained of by two generationsof preachers as being a very purgatory on a hotday in summer. The pulpit was several stepshigher than it is to-day. The church was lightedfrom a ch
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