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View
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The floor plan is quite common to other Calvinistic Meeting
Houses of the period in the Colonies and the British Isles.Our Calvinist "New Side"forbears were strict Iconoclasts; you
will notice there is no ornamentation
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The boxed pews on the ground floor were rented by subscription
annually to families. These monies provided the bulk of the
congregation's annual operating funds.
Note the rounded arches over the doors and
windows (Palladian) marking this as a Georgian-style structure.
(A portrait of the George in question,George II, hangs in the
rear of the church, next to the founding royal charter dated
1742.)
All pews were aligned to the focal point
of Calvinist worship, the pulpit. Note the elegant "wine stem"
double pulpit and lower presenter's desk. |
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