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"The ground which it occupies was the gift of Van Burgh Livingston, 

 Esq. The foundation of the old edifice was laid as we have seen in 

 1833, and the church consecrated to the service of Almighty God, on 

 Tuesday, the 20th of May, 1834, by Bishop Onderdonk. There are 

 two or three interments in the grave-yard, surrounding the church, of 

 members belonging to the Noble, Bowdoin and Irving families. 



In July, 1866, a dwelling house with about an acre of land on the 

 south-east of the church property and immediately adjoining, was pur- 

 chased as a rectory, for $7,900. 



In April, 1867, the vestry received a deed from the executors of 

 Robert B. Minturn, of certain lots in the village of Hastings, where a 

 service on Sunday afternoons had been for years maintained, to enable 

 them to erect a chapel, nearly $800 for the purpose had already been 

 donated by Admiral Farragut, being the first fruits of his prize money. 

 His widow has since presented a handsome marble font. 



The corner stone of Zion chapel was laid by the Rector of Zion 

 church, on the 2d of Oct., 1867, and the building was occupied for Di- 

 vine service the following summer. The chapel is a frame, gothic struc- 

 ture, and will seat 300 persons, and cost over $5,000. There was no 

 debt upon it. 



In the year 1869, the Parish church was again enlarged, by the 

 addition of a recess-chapel with organ and vestry room, and the church 

 was repaired throughout. The improvements cost $8,000, all paid for. 



In 1878, the Rectory was remodelled and improved at an expense 

 of $1,500. 



At Dearman's, now Irvington, was erected a building chapelwise, so 

 as to be used separately as a school, or treated as a church. When 

 needed for worship, the whole becomes a church. 



The dedication of the chapel school of St. Barnabas . took place on 

 Saturday, June nth, 1853, the festival of St. Barnabas. The following 

 particulars touching the origin of its free scholarship, may not be without 

 interest in showing how a good scheme prospers under God's blessing. 



From a friend interested in the village of Irvington, came its first landed 

 endowment, viz : The two village lots, (50 feet by 100) with two adjoin- 

 ing gores, on which the building stands; the gift of one bearing an 

 honored name, the grandson and name-sake of the friend, companion 

 and counsellor of Washington, a name and gift now perpetuated in the 

 'John Jay Scholarship.' A second bears in its name an equal national 

 rank and character, viz: the 'Alexander Hamilton Scholarship,' 

 through the kindness of the grandson and name-sake of that eminent 

 leader in Washington's counsels and framer of our country's policy. A 



