Highlights Gallery:

View of the Chancel from the Center Aisle


When it was built, Christ Church measured 100 feet long by 70 feet wide. In 1879 the chancel was recessed, adding 16 feet to the length. This addition is marked by the molded arch. Ohio stone was set in place in rough block, and the moldings cut after it was in position. The roof inside the arch is oak, made in the form of a barrel vault with molded ribs and elaborately carved bosses where the ribs intersect. At its highest point, the ceiling rises 46 feet above the floor of the church. It consists of six trusses put together without mortise or tenon. This is an early example of what later became Ithiel Town’s patented design for bridges.