78 THE ISLAND OF NANTUCKET. 



lin Hall on Water Street. In 1840 they erected their 

 present church edifice on Summer Street, which was 

 dedicated in December of that year. In 1841 they 

 added the tower and vestry. Bev. Daniel Bound was 

 the first pastor. He resigned in 1844, since which 

 time various pastors have occupied the pulpit. A 

 little over two years ago, Eev. Mr. Bound being here 

 on a visit, and the church having no pastor, an invita- 

 tion was extended to him, and he once more officiates 

 as their pastor. 



The Episcopal Church was organized in 1838. They 

 purchased what had formerly been the Friends' North 

 Meeting-IIouse on Broad Street, " moved the building 

 on to the rear of the lot, remodelled it into a chapel 

 and Sunday-school room, and erected a church on the 

 front of the lot, known before the great fire as Trinity 

 Church. The Bev. Moses Marcus was the first rector. 

 The Bev. P. W. T. Pollard succeeded him." * This 

 building, which was considered a beautiful piece of ar- 

 chitecture, was totally destroyed by the great fire of 

 184G.f The Trinity Society dissolved after that catas- 

 trophe, and reorganized as St. Paul's Church. They 

 then met for worship in the present North Vestry,and 

 in 1848 removed to the hall of the Sons of Temperance, 

 Harmony Hall, now occupied by St. Mary's Catholic 

 Church. In 1849 they built their present edifice on 

 Fair Street, and commenced worship there in 1850. 



The Roman Catholic Church worship in Harmony 

 Hall. They have no settled pastor, but arc visited by 

 priests from abroad on slated occasions. 



*I)r. F. C. Ewer is authority for this statement, 

 t See poem on page 268. 



