Additional details: built of Portland free stone; connected to chapel at rear of building; dimensions reported as 142’ x 86’ 4”; audience room or sanctuary reported as 85, 96, 111, or 112’ x 60, 65, 66, or 68’; 186 pews; no wall seats; seating capacity of 800, 900, or 930; interior decorations: windows made of colored glass; pews made of chestnut, finished with black walnut trimmings, and numbered on doors; artificially lit by gas jest that project just over the pillars in the nave; carpet covered entire floor; no side galleries. Estimated cost of the building in April 1865: $40,000. Final cost of the building, including interior decorations: $92,208.58 (assuming the total construction cost less $14,000 for the chapel). From requesting permission to start construction to dedicating the church: 676 days (1 year, 311 days). From agreeing that a new church was needed: 863 days (2 years, 132 days). |
