The New Unitarian Church

Now that the contract are let, and things have assumed delinitc shape, we take pleasure in giving our readers a description of the new cliurch edifice which the Unitari:in society of this city is to erect. In the first place, the contract for the erectlon of the church has been let to Nathan II. Stone, of Jackson, for $1:2,000. This contract includes all of the work Opon the building, except the heating apparatus and seatintr. Mr. Stone hag sub-let the stone work to the Walker Bros., of this city, a tact which insures for the society a good and substantial job. The church edificc will be located in the corner of State and Hurou streets, opposite the high school building to the north. It will stand 1G feet east of the State stret-t sidewalk, and 20 feet from the ITuron gtreet sidrwalk, giving a nice grass plat on cach front The structure will extend 78 feet M State stree and 90 feet on Iliir.iu street. The tower will occupy a positiou entlrely separate from the rnain body of the church on the southwest corner. It will be unique la design and a thlng of beauty. As it reaches the second story a hanging buttress will be built upon it, which will be IIiíiií; eiitinl) i.' in the cliurcli architecture of.thiseity. The firm of I.othrop & Co., of Boston, have offereü the society a 2,000 pound bell to place In the tower, but Jndge Iluminan informsu3 that Hiere will not be sufllcicnt roora for it, unless inoney can be raised to carry the tower higher, a hint our Boston friends may possibly avail tliemselves of. It would add to the beauty of the church. In the second story of this tower is the minister'g study, which 11 bc an exceedingly pleasant room. The nniiii entrance will be upon Huron street, directly eastof the tower. The doors will be doublé, and constructed of heavy oak. Over them will project a hood, built in keeping witli the ornameiitatioii of the church. This entrance will project out from the inain eilifice the width of the tower. It will have the merit of being different from any other design in the city. The front entrance opens into a vestibule 12 feet 3 niches by 18 feet in size, from whlch there is a broad entrance into the ltbrary, and into the reading room and auditory. Froütlugon State street will bc the library, in the southwest corner, then the reading room, parlor, and dining room, all capable of being thrown into one by folding doors. The parlor, library and reading room can also be made availablc as a portion of the auditory by means of folding doors. A great convenience in case of an unusually large congregation. The dinlng room floor is raised some three steps above the floors of the other rooms, the object being to use it as a stage in giving "church theatricals " and entertal n menta. A novel but seemingly sensible idea. To the rear or tfri JImIjj wm ! a kitchen of good size, having an outside entrance fronting the east. The arrangement of these rooms look to a newspaper man as bei ug extrcmely sensible and convenlent. Coming to the auditory we find a room 60 feet long and 42 feet broad, reaching upwiiids 27 feet to the ceiling. There are to be two rows of seats capable of accomoduting ten persons each, or 350 in all, with comfort. There are the usual three broad aisles, one in the center and two at the sides. The organ and choir will occupy the nórtheast corner of the auditory, next to which, in the center, is the pulpit. This arrangement leaves ¦ regular old t'ashioncd Methodist "amen corner'' in the southeast portion of the room. The ceiling will bc linished o il' in pannels and frescoed. The roof, which will be a prominent feature of the building, to the outside observer, as all roofs are on gothic structures, we regret to learn, is to be covered with plain black slate. Some of the kind Unitarians, who so niuch desire that their church ediflee in the greatseat of learning of the west, shall be an attractive building, could not add to its beauty more than by changlng the order for slate. A handsome slate rooi would add at least 50 percent, to the looks of the church. The society has adopted the plan of expending only the funds they have on hand for this purpose. They will not run in debt foranything. Whlch displays thelr good sen se. Tho editlce, when completed, will not be large or extravagantly expensive, but will be neat and tasty, and a decided ornament to the city.