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Show TORESTORE FAMOUS CHURCR Boaton'a Revolutionary Landmark ll Taking an Odd Appearance, Ap-pearance, Boston. From the chaos of loose bricks and unplnstered panels. Christ church (better known aa the Old North church of the achool histories) la re-emerglng In something closely resembling Ita ordinal guise. Restoration Restora-tion It at bi-fct a -difficult and often thankless task, but fortunately this process at f'hrlut church wee In part simplified by certain authentic records of the building's earlier history. The first conspicuous change is In the building's exterior. During tho lust summer the walla have been sand-blasted, sand-blasted, ridding them of the drab paint which has darkened them for years, and revealing the brick In a warm, rich tone, which will weather to a allll more mellow red. The front doors of the church, which were without with-out doubt not ordinal, have been removed re-moved and a new pair, the lower panels of which hare been given the .1 (Tv J ll! U I? Kbrs x Old North Church. diamond or triangular shape, haa been substituted. Above them Is a fanlight fan-light with leaded panea of glass. With the walla freshened to a glowing red and the spire and window frames trimmed with white paint, the church wears probably more nearly Its original orig-inal look than It haa within tbe memory mem-ory of any living person. Tbe pew plan of the church was fortunately extant, and It waa poset-I poset-I bio from the paneling which remained remain-ed to reconstruct the pew arrange ment In virtually the original form Thla has been carried out, using as much of the original paneling and as ' many of the old doora as remained, and making the new a faithful reproduction repro-duction of the old. The pews aa thus rebuilt are of the long, "slip" shape, and nearly uniform clze, except those set apart for the notables the governor's gov-ernor's pew (which haa, by the way, been made the graceful occasion of a generous gift from Governor Foss), and "tho Pew for tbe Gentlemen of the Ray of Honduras," a group of merchants who gave, In tbe early days, tbe money for the spire. During the turmoil of restoration the bust of Waahington haa been re moved from the marble niche, but will be replaced, not for any special merit aa a work of art which It may possess, pos-sess, but for long association and for Its unique position aa being tbe first public manument erected to Washington Wash-ington in America. Ita date la 1815. , The walla, which were previously blank, save for frescoes, will be diversified di-versified by an array of appropriate tablets; one In memory of the first officers offi-cers of the church, bearing the date April 1724 ; one In memory of MaJ. John Pitcalm; ono in memory of the Iter. Timothy Cutler; one in memory of tho Rev. Mather llylea, the last minister before the revolution; one in memory of Capt Thomaa Jamea Grochy. commander of the privateer Queen of Hungary, who gave the cherubim which ornament the front of tho organ; and one to the memory ' of Capt. Cyprian Sou t hark, who gave ' the belfry clock in use before the revolution. rev-olution. , i . . i |