The Dutch Church of 1715-1806. 



The street was now occupied by this church at its foot, 

 bj a market house below Pearl street, and by the Episco- 

 pal church at its upper extremity ; while the battlements 

 of the fort »tood upon a lofty eminence overlooking 

 the city, and stretching nearly across the entire width of 

 the present street on the west line of Lodge street, the road 

 to Schenectady winding around its angles. 



We are now prepared to enter the church and inspect its 

 interior. The porch was on the south side, and the an- 

 cient stepping stone was retained in its original position 

 half a century after the church was removed, serving to 

 point out the precise spot of the entrance to the vestibule, 

 the wear of the footsteps of several generations in passing 



