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 644 The Architectural Review and American Builders' Journal. [April, the Sunday-School from the Church. It is made of chestnut wood, like the wainscoting, pews and furniture of the Church, some of which is richly carved. The screen is filled with plate-glass ; and can be opened, or closed, at pleasure, uniting, or separating, the Church and Sunday-School. Similar, but smaller screens, are introduced in the arches of the Organ-Room and Baptistry. Among the carvings which adorn the exterior, perhaps the most interesting are those of the south porch', the Ar- morer's Porch, as it is called. Under the symbol of the Cross, and half con- cealed in foliage, are representations of the different parts of all the fabrics, in making which the workman's days are spent. Around the entrance-arch is carved this text: "Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God ;" words which are, for those who placed them there, or those who read, at once an ad- monition and a prayer* DESIGN FOR A SOLDIER'S MONUMENT. THE accompanying illustration ex- hibits the design for a Memorial Monument, or Military Testimonial, l^ Mr. B. S. De Forest, Architect, Clinton, Iowa, to be executed, there, in marble, quarried in the neighborhood. The stjde is Gothic. The plan covers a platform 13 feet square, raised on four steps ; and the total height will be 26 feet. The first step is 2 feet 6 inches wide. On its corners are four pj'ia- mids, formed of carved cannon balls, in black marble. On the corners of the second step, which is 2 feet wide, are octagon pedestals, with statues repre- senting soldiers of different arms of the service. The one on the right is an Engineer, map in hand ; that on the left, a Private of Infantry ; the one on the northwest corner is an Artillery-man, holding a ramrod, while that on the southwest corner is a Colored Cavalry- man, with drawn sabre, and broken chains at his feet, emblematic of the freedom he gained, as a consequence of the great Civil War. On the platform, which is elevated on two other steps, 'is a sub-base 7 feet square, on the east side of which is inscribed the memorable date, 1861, when the Rebellion broke out. On the north front is 1776, sug- gestive of the War of the Revolution, which gave Independence to our whole country. On the west front, 1812 re- minds us of our second successful en- counter with Great Britain. And on the south front appears 1846, the year of our glorious Mexican War. The first section of the monument is the pedestal, which comprises the base, tablet, arid cornice. At the angles are diagonal buttresses, crowned with crock- eted pinnacles and appropriate finials. On the copings are fatigue caps. The inscription slabs contain fifty-six superficial feet of surface ; sufficient for one hundred and fifty names. The sides of the buttresses may also be used for names, if required. The second section comprises a ba«e, die, and gabled cornice, finished with crockets and finials. The body will be neatly paneled, having shields, crossed sabres, and thirty-four stars on the east front, all in relief. On the north front the devices will be a tent, stack of arms, camp-chest, picks, shovels, and cannon, and thirteen stars on the border of the shield, all in high relief. The de- vices of the west front will be a castle, drum, bugle, fife, and sword. On the border of the shield will be eighteen stars, all in relief. The south front has the coat-of-arms of the State, with its shield surrounded with thirty stars, all in high relief. The number of stars in- dicating the States in the Union, when Iowa first made one. The third section is a quadrangular shaft, finished with crockets and finials. On the apex is a Globe, supporting an Eagle, with extended wings, carrying the American Flair, which overshadows