Essex Institute 
Vol III. No. 18 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
AWEEKLY- JOURNAL DEVOTED-TO-THE: BEST: INTERESTS-OFTHENORTHSHORE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1906 
Three Cents 
Description of Roman Catholic Church 
To be Built at Manchester-by-the-Sea 
The contract for the construction 
of the new Catholic church of the 
Sacred Heart at Manchester-by-the- 
Sea, Mass., will be awarded in a few 
days. The plans which were inspired 
by the previous pastor of the parish 
and which, on account of his death 
were not carried out, have been super- 
seded by others which illustrate an 
entirely different type of architecture 
and a more enduring construction. 
Realizing the primary need of a site 
sufficiently large to provide a digni- 
fied frame for the architecture, Rev. 
William F. Powers, the new incum- 
bent, secured two adjacent lots in 
addition to the old church property 
which is so well favored a location in 
reference to the parochial conditions. 
By this means, it has been possible to 
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give an ampler character to the struc- 
ure itself and to so locate it that its 
tower will definitely terminate the 
vista as one approaches from Magnolia. 
The architectural type was a matter of 
much deliberation in view of the fine 
standards of the neighborhood. The 
plentiful supply of stone in the vicin- 
ity, the picturesque character of the 
town, as well as the inherent claims of 
the Gothic style of architecture re- 
sulted in the design illustrated here- 
with, which is modeled upon the 
medizeval type of the English village. 
The walls are comparatively low, but 
high enough to admit of a series of 
pointed arches on each side, the arches 
springing directly from the heavy 
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SACRED HEART CHURCH, MANCHESTER 
Sketch from plans of Maginnis, Walsh & Sullivan, Architects 
The Strange Vision 
of Elizabeth Allen 
(From the Boston Sunday Herald) 
When Manchester-by-the-Sea was 
very young, some I5 years before 
the revolutionary period,-a_ girl” 
dwelt in the town whose name was 
destined to become a synonym to 
later generations of strenuous vir- 
tue and thrifty womanhood. Eliza- 
beth Allen was an extremely attrac- 
tive girl belonging to one of Man- 
chester’s oldest families. She was 
much sought after by the beaux of 
the town, but among them all came 
no Lochinvar. 
When about 17 years of age she 
dreamed that a handsome young 
man came dashing up to her door 
on a splendid great black charger, 
and that she eventually became his 
bride. The dream was so vivid 
that every detail of the scene and 
the lineaments of the man’s face 
became indelibly stamped upon her 
mind. The next morning at the 
breakfast table she told the story, 
which was greeted with shouts of 
laughter. And long afterward it 
was the subject of frequent discus- 
sion until time faded it from her 
mind. 
Meanwhile, on the same night in 
which the fair descendant of Pil- 
erim forefathers had her dream, a 
young man over in Scotland was 
just finishing his preparations for a 
long journey. It was the eve of his 
departure for America. He fell 
asleep, only to be visited by the 
radiant vision of a beautiful girl in 
the new country. This vision ap- 
peared to him for three nights, and 
from that time on the “dream girl” 
became his constant companion. 
America was kind to the young 
adventurer, and he found profitable 
employment and congenial friends, 
but none was able to win the heart 
of young Samnty Samples, whose 
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