An autobiography / by Edward Livingston Trudeau.

  • Edward Livingston Trudeau
Date:
1916
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Credit: An autobiography / by Edward Livingston Trudeau. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dome, tinted in dark blue. The chancel window, which was single, was given by Mrs. Rosman as a memorial to her only child, and is now the central one of the three chancel windows. When first built the little chapel seated only about forty people, and services were held only when a clergyman was a guest at the hotel or when one could be secured; but finally the Rev¬ erend C. S. Knapp, an invalid clergyman, was put in charge for the summer. When completed the property was deeded to the Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church, and was consecrated on September 13, 1877, by the Right Reverend William C. Doane, D.D., who preached, as I remember, from the text, “Lo, we heard it at Ephrata and found it in the wood.” Soon the congregations outgrew the seating capacity of the little chapel, and it was decided to alter and enlarge it. I succeeded, by appeals to the guests and my friends, in raising the neces¬ sary funds. The carrying out of this rather delicate architectural problem was intrusted to my cousin, Mr. J. Lawrence Aspinwall, who gave his services and who made a striking suc¬ cess in the transformation of this unique log chapel. All that remains of the original little chapel is the nave at the north end. Mr. Aspin¬ wall added a transept on each side and enlarged the chancel, so that the chapel is now cruciform and can seat one hundred and fifty worshippers comfortably.
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