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 494 The Architectural Review and American Builders' Journal. [Feb., This completes the internal arrange- ment of the principal floor. That of the upper story will, of course, correspond, in a great measure, with the lower ; and there will be ample space for at least seven or eight good-sized and conve- nient chambers, sufficient for a family of eight or ten persons, exclusive of do- mestics. The design is such as can readily be constructed with brick; and should be painted of a neutral tint, or what is usually called a French gray. The principal feature and capping might, with advantage, be made of galvanized iron, which is an economical and desira- ble material for such purposes. A structure such as this could be erected, in the vicinity of Philadelphia, for the sum of thirty-six thousand dol- lars ($36,000.) PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Bridgeton, New Jersey. ~TT7"E here exhibit a design of a church V V edifice, which has been recently erected in Bridgeton, a very flourishing and busy town in the State of New Jei'- sey, havingirport of entry, and being the county-seat of Cumberland county. It is situated on both sides of the Cohansey creek, twenty miles from its entrance into Delaware Bay, and forty miles to the southward of Philadelphia. With this latter place it has ready access by the West Jersey Railroad, which passes through it. A drawbridge connects the opposite banks of the creek, on which the town is built, thereby not im- peding the active trade, which is here carried on, by means of a large number of schooners and sloops. Among the more important manufac- tories, to which Bridgeton owes its in- creasing and thriving trade, are iron foundries, a rolling-mill, glass works, woollen and nail factories. This thriving little town of Bridgeton possesses some handsome and archi- tectural buildings, and is, on the whole, neatly built, and surrounded by a beau- tiful and fertile country. It contains no less than ten Churches, a Court House, a Bank, three or four Academies, a Pub- lic Library and newspaper offices. The subject of our sketch is a church, which is under course of erection for the Presbyterian congregation, and of which the Chapel is completed, and the walls of the main building are above the level of the first floor. The illustration, in perspective, speaks for itself so plainly, that any remarks upon it, bej^ond what may incidently be included in the follow- ing description of the plan of the edi- fice, would be superfluous. The entrance into the main building, which contains the Audience-room, is by a flight of five steps into a vestibule, A, 9 feet wide, on either side of which is a stair-hall to the gallery above, B, B. Passing through the vestibule, we enter the Audience- room, which is fifty -three (53) feet wide, by eighty-six feet six inches (86 ft. 6 in.) long, having a recess on the rear ten (10) feet in depth, by twenty (20) feet wide in the clear. The Audience-room is divided by a centre aisle five (5) feet broad, and two side aisles four (4) feet wide on either side ; between these the pews are ranged, divided into two ; each pew is of sufficient length to afford five sittings. D is the Pulpit, behind which is placed the Organ, F, fronting the congregation, to which access is obtained by an outer door in the rear, leading up to the left by a flight of steps to the organ-loft, E. To the right of the organ is a door leading to the Pastor's Study, Gr, communicating with a vestibule, H, through which we enter the Chapel, K, and which has also an entrance from the outside at the front, and egress at the rear, by means of doors at either end. This vestibule, H, is twenty-two feet six inches (22 ft. 6 in.) long by twelve (12) feet wide, and in addition, has a door of communication,