298 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



flowers in a Methodist church meeting. Why, that was the "abomination 

 of desolation." 



In this unpretentious building not only did the first Methodists worship, 

 but that also of the present flourishing Episcopal church known as 

 " Christ church " had its origin. When Mr. Holmes first came to 

 Tarrytown in 1833 he found no place of worship of his own Church 

 nearer than several miles from the village ; he referred to his Bishop for 

 authority to lay-read and procure a place in which to do it, accordingly 

 he applied to the trustees of the Methodist church for the occasional use 

 of the building,which was readily granted — and here service was held in 

 the afternoons of Sunday. The Rev. Dr. Creighton officiated in the 

 absence of Mr. Holmes, and here they laid the foundation »of their 

 church and Sunday school. At this time there was no other church in 

 the place except the old Dutch church in Sleepy Hollow. 



In the year 1842, the name of Tarrytown as a separate charge first 

 appears in the minutes of the Conference. In the year 1843, Pleasant- 

 ville was separated from Tarrytown. In 1837, the increased prosperity 

 of the church, demanded a new and more suitable edifice. Accordingly, 

 a site was purchased from Dr. Josh Scribner, in Washington Street. The 

 corner-stone was laid April 17, 1837. The dimensions of the build- 

 ing were 40 x 60, and the cost $5,394. The church was dedicated, and 

 two years after the whole church debt cancelled. And so, after an oc- 

 cupation of about thirty years, the old church was forsaken, and has 

 been converted into a dwelling. 



A curious entry is found in the old Trustee minutes, in which it is 

 ordered, that "hereafter, (1840) the males and females should enter the 

 church by separate doors, and sit on the opposite sides of the aisles, and 

 that the seats under the gallery be assigned to the colored members.'' 

 These regulations were posted in the vestibule of the church. The par- 

 sonage was built on a lot directly north of the church in 1854, at a 

 cost of $4,800. 



In 1857, the church was enlarged twenty-five feet in length; and in 

 1865, the entire indebtedness of $5,620 was cancelled. 



In the time of the Rev. Mr. Hermance, a few brethren living in 

 North Tarrytown, resolved on a separation from the old Society — and 

 so occured the building of the new St. Paul's M. E. church, in that part 

 of the town." 



There is also a Baptist church. 



Mr. Christopher Collins, the first projector of the Erie canal in 1805-6, 



a Extracts from a sermon delivered by the pastor, Rev. F. Bottome, on the anniversary of 

 the church, Dec. 26, 1878. 



