1916 - 1919
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Rebuilding
and Consecration
June, 1916
- By this time Henry Ten Eyck Wendell was
fully engaged as the
architect for the rebuilding of Saint Paul's Church. The exterior was
planed as a near replica of the former church, although longer. The
interior was new and designed in the Colonial Georgian style. Although
initially it was thought that the walls could be salvaged by building
interior columns to support the roof, a storm with a strong wind blew
them down so that plan was scratched.
- The insurance adjuster estimated the loss
at $105,000. Coverage by
the Southern Mutual Insurance Company on the church was $65,000 and on
the Parish House was $10,000.
September 29, 1916
- (The Festival of Saint Michael and All
Angels). The Cornerstone of
the present Saint Paul's Church was laid by Social Lodge Number 1, F
& A. M., assisted by Webb's Lodge Number 166. Social Lodge
Number 1
was originally Social Lodge Number 18, which had laid the 1819 Corner
Stone for the church that burned. The service was led by the Choir
processing in singing "The Church's One Foundation."
- Placed in the Cornerstone:
| -Replica of the 1819 Copper
Place, which was donated by William Schweigert & Company. |
| -A directory of the Parish and
Sunday School. |
| -Copies of Church Bells for
April, May and September 1916. |
| -An Augusta Herald dated
September 29, 1916. |
| -An Augusta Chronicle dated
September 29, 1916. |
| -Various coins contributed by the
Vestry and Congregants. |
| -Dr. C. C. Williams' History of
Saint Paul's. |
| -Pieces of glass and memorials
from the old church. |
| -Pieces of the old altar saved
from the ruins by Mr. Platt. |
| -A nail from the old church. |
| -The By-laws for Social Lodge
Number 1. |
- After the Cornerstone for the church was
laid, the Cornerstone for
the Parish House was laid by the Bishop (F. F. Reese) and the Rector
(G. S. Whitney). It was the same Cornerstone used in 1912 and salvaged
from the fire. Since the masons had laid that cornerstone in 1912, they
did not participate in this service.
- A Capital Campaign was organized with
printed pledge cards that
were distributed among the parishioners. This would make up the
difference between the insurance money and the actual cost of
rebuilding the Church and Parish House.
| 1917 |
April 8. The first service was held
in the rebuilt Parish House, and continued in use for services until
September 1918. |
| 1917 |
April 22. Bishop Reese confirmed a
class of 19 in the new Parish House. |
| 1918 |
With the untimely death of H. T. E.
Wendell, the architect, supervision of construction was taken over by
E. L. Robertson, another architect with offices in the Johnson
Building. The contractor was C. B. Holley, and the electrical
contractor was Whitney Electric Company. |
| 1918 |
May. The steps on the front of the
burned church are set in place around the churchyard as benches. |
| 1918 |
September. The first service was held
in the new Church. The organ in the new church cost $6,500. |
| 1919 |
May 7. The new church was formally
consecrated by the Right Reverend Frederick Frocke Reese, Bishop of
Georgia, assisted by Bishops Edwin G. Weed of the Diocese of Florida,
Arthur S. Lloyd, Retired, of the Board of Missions, and Edward A.
Osborne of the Diocese of Springfield. |
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Worship Services
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Sunday
7:45 - Rite I
9:00 - Rite II
11:00 - Rite II
Beginning May 27
8:00 - Rite I
10:00 - Rite II
Wednesday
Noon - Rite II in Chapel
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