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April 30, 1864, the salary of the pastor was raised to $1,- 500.
July 30, 1864, Stephen Torrey in the chair and George G. Waller secretary, it was decided to purchase the William F. Wood property on the corner of Second and Tenth streets for $4,000 and the vacant lot between that and the church where the chapel now stands, for $2,200. In the fall of 1865 S. D. Ward, Isaiah Snyder and D. P. Kirtland were added to the building committee together with the trustees. A leave of ab- sence was granted to Rev. C. S. Dunning while the lecture room was being moved. April 9, 1866, the Vestry of the Episcopal church tendered the use of their church to the Presbyterian congregation any afternoon or evening they might choose dur- ing the time of making their repairs. The Methodists also verbally offered the use of their church. Replies expressing sincere thanks were sent to W. J. Fuller, secretary of the Epis- copal Vestry, also stating that should Mr. Dunning be present they would avail themselves of their kind offer. The Metho- dists were also thanked for their tender of their church. The Presbyterians have since had opportunities to extend the same courtesies to these brethren. This is but one illustration of the friendly relations that exists among the churches in Hones- dale. During the time services were held in the lecture room the sexton was authorized to seat any respectable person in any one's seat that is not fully occupied five minutes before the time for services to begin. Room was limited in the lecture room and it was necessary that it should all be occupied. In 1867 Dr. Dunning's salary was raised to $2,000, and in 1869 it was raised to $2,500. In 1878, owing to the panic that commenced in 1873, the church became embarrassed in meeting current
*Note. Appointing a building committee by the congregational meet- ing authorizing an improvement has always been the custom in this church.
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expenses. Dr. Dunning hearing of this wrote the trustees as follows:
"Gentlemen : I have learned that the annual income of the church does not meet the annual expenses of the society, according to the present scale of expenditure. Let me say that I sympathize with you in your em- barassment-that I do not wish to be a burden to the church and will not be-that I am willing to bear my full share of the perplexities growing out of the exigencies of the times. In view of the diminished financial re- sources of the church from removals and by deaths and the peculiar times through which as a nation, and a local community we are passing, I ask you to make a reduction from my salary of $500. Thanking the board and our faithful treasurer, for their kindness in the past I am
Very truly yours,
C. S. Dunning."
This letter was referred to a meeting of the church and it was resolved that the trustees be authorized to accept the propo- sition, with direction to express to Dr. Dunning, the sincere regret of the congregation, that any reduction of his salary should be necessary or even permissible, and their hearty ap- preciation of his great liberality in voluntarily relinquishing so large a percentage of his salary.
This voluntary sacrifice of salary speaks volumes for Dr. Dunning, especially when it is remembered that he had re- fused offers of from five to eight thousand dollars to go else- where; but Dr. Dunning was a business man, and he knew that churches as well as individuals must live within their incomes. He knew that his congregation were liberal and his letter shows that he fully understood and sympathized with their embarrass- ment.
From a report made by Treasurer Hand in 1871 it appears that the total cost of the church was $41,192.11, that the cost of removing and enlarging the lecture room was $2,146.85, and by adding the cost of upholstering, pulpit furniture, carpeting, etc., the total cost was $51,333.02. The first subscription amounted to $21,045, and the second was $18,400. The Ladies' Sewing Society furnished $599.79 in cash besides assuming $1,900 indebtedness. The total receipts from pew rents at this time were about $3,000 a year.
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The pewholders from 1860 to 1870, some of them during all of the period and others only during a portion of the period, were, Henry Atherton, A. Allen, Samuel Allen, M. B. Allen, Dr. Otis Avery, Asher M. Atkinson, Daniel Blandin, Henry Blandin, George Blandin, James S. Bassett, Elias T. Beers, David Beers, Thomas Benny, Henry Bunnell, Harvey Bishop, R. Barclay, H. B. Beardslee, Miss Phebe Beardslee, Peter P. Brown, Dr. Besaac, C. M. Ball, C. Brunnig, D. W. Brookfield, John T. Ball, Bishop & Seaman, Mr. Briggs, Jeremiah Clark, Mrs. Clark, H. J. Conger, E. H. Clark, Jr., Aaron Cummings, F. Coon, R. Cushman, Dennis Chambers, Stephen G. Cory, David Cory, J. P. Chambers, Charles Crandall, C. A. Cortright, L. Coryell, C. P. Clark, G. M. Cobb, J. P. Darling, Jesse Dexter, Joseph Denton, Chauncy Demming, R. S. Dorin, A. Douglass, Samuel E. Dimmick, Coe Durland, Dr. C. Dusinberre, William T. Estabrook, James B. Eldred, Daniel M. Eno, T. S. Fitch, W. J. Fuller, L. R. Fowler, Isaac P. Foster, William H. Foster, Isaac N. Foster, Josiah Foster, George Fox, Aaron Flower, George Foster, A. G. Forbes, H. Goodman, Abram Gilpin, F. W. Grennell, Emma Gustin, George Guinnip, Nathan Gray, Ezra Hand, Henry Hoyle, Horace C. Hand, Abram Hoagland, Horton B. Hamlin, Henry B. Hall, W. B. Holmes, M. H. Hart- ley, N. R. Hankins, Mrs. Hall, Samuel P. Haley, John K. Jenkins, C. C. Jadwin, Drs. Jones & Keefer, David Kenner, George S. Keen, Robert J. Knapp, Dr. Consider King, R. W. Kiple, John P. Kimble, D. P. Kirtland, Dr. E. T. Losey, C. C. Lane, E. A. Ludwig, G. W. Lindsley, Dr. Joseph Leach, John F. Lord, A. B. Lacy, Alexander Marsh, James Matthews, Charles S. Minor, Joseph R. Mitchell, L. McCreery, John McIntosh, J. W. Manning, Jacob Marsh, Peter Murphy, Joseph Nichols, A. P. Osmun, F. B. Penniman, George S. Purdy, C. E. Power, J. Pregnall, Seth W. Powell, H. L. Phillips, Edward A. Penniman, William Reed, C. F. Rockwell, John F. Roe, John Robertson, J. E. Richmond, Oliver Rogers, John Rehbein, O. J. Rowe, H. H. Roe, Adam Reitenauer, Benjamin B. Smith, Robert A. Smith, Henry W. Stone, C. N. Spencer, R. L. Seely, Henry M. Seely,
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George D. Seely, Isaiah Snyder, J. H. Sutton, W. H. Stanton, Walter Spry, Dr. A. Strong, Benjamin Sherwood, C. M. Scott, E. I. Stearns, L. E. Stearns, M. H. Stanley, Charles B. Shaw, Charles M. Salmon, Robert N. Torrey, John Torrey, Stephen Torrey, Edwin F. Torrey, Mrs. A. A. Tracy, Miles L. Tracy, Mrs. Tillou, Thomas H. R. Tracy, Lewis Taylor, Rodney Til- lou, Isaac Tibbetts, Tompkins & Salmon, H. J. Tarble, Harri- son Valentine, Jesse VanSteenberg, M. F. VanKirk, M. Vande- berg, William Wefferling, Stephen D. Ward, Charles P. Waller, George G. Waller, Earl Wheeler, M. V. Wheeler, Mrs Wheeler, William F. Wood, LeGrand Wright, E. G. Wood, William W. Weston, J. & F. Wagner, H. A. Woodhouse, Benjamin L. Wood, S. B. Wood, George F. Wilbur, Henry Watts, Coe F. Young, making one hundred and eighty-five different pewholders dur- ing the ten years. Up to 1890 other names appear as pew- holders as follows: L. A. Adams, D. R. Atkinson, Joseph Atkinson, Miss Avery, Mrs. Bigart, David Bodie, Mrs. T. S. Brown, Harvey Bishop, Richard H. Brown, L. Bishop, Oliver Bunnell, Annie Ball, George Baker, Joseph A. Bodie, Dr. Reed Burns, L. Borner, Henry S. Battin, T. A. Black, C. M. Betz, George F. Bentley, Conrad Bates, Howard Bodie, Isaac Ball , Mrs. John Bassett, John Brown, Dr. C. R. Brady, Charles Cran- dall, Lewis S. Collins, Mrs. Cady, John Congdon, O. T. Cham- bers, Dr. Cummings, Peter R. Collum, F. V. Carr, D. S. Car- penter, Miss Mary Church, W. Coleman, Harry Cole, Miss Lavinia Dimmick, Misses Erk, Miss Emma Denton, W. L. Ferguson, Thomas Fowler, Samuel J. Foster, H. Foster, Jr., Lorenzo Grambs, William Gale, W. J. Gregory, Homer Greene, Mrs. L. F. Gardner, J. C. Gunn, J. Gillan, W. H. Howe, Mrs. C. C. Hand, B. F. Haines, J. A. Hiller, Miss Holbert, William Hartwell, George E. Hatch, Henry Jackson, John and Mary L. Kuhbach, Knapp & Spettigue, Charles E. Knapp, Dr. James Kesler, William H. Krantz, F. I. Keen, Walter S. Lambert, W. H. Lee, H. B. Larrabee, Horace Marsh, William T. Moore, Mrs. McArthur, John Meyers, Miss Lizzie Mackle, E. C. Mum- ford, R. W. Murphy, Claudius McIntyre, Joseph Nichols, D.
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W. Noyes, G. B. Osborn, W. H. Pregnall, Samuel Penwarden, G. W. Penwarden, Miss Helen Purdy, William Power, Miss Thane Quackenbush, Lyman O. Rose, E. G. Reed, Robert E. Ransom, Philip Reitenauer, George Robinson, Miss Laura Richenbaker, Henry Rehbein, A. J. Rehbein, L. B. Richtmyer, Miles S. Sherwood, H. S. Salmon, H. K. Stone, William H. Stone, Mrs. Shumway, E. T. Smith, John Scaife, Charles W. Spencer, R. M. Stocker, Walter Sullivan, Mrs. Munson Sher- wood, William Stenzhorn, Clarence E. Salmon, Alonzo T. Searle, Lawrence Spragle, H. L. Schremser, O. M. Spettigue, A. C. Stewart, Andrew Thompson, F. D. Thayer, Isaac E. Tibbetts, Mrs. N. E. Tillou, Mrs. Titus, Rodney Tillou, Conrad Thomas, Daniel Weston, John D. Weston, Francis West, Fred B. Whit- ney, E. M. Wilder, Graham Watts, B. M. Wilcox, Mrs. Horace Weston, W. J. Ward, George Wolf, Henry Wilson, Miss Yon- kers, G. E. Zippel. From 1840 to 1860 there were a number of pewholders whose names are not here mentioned, but all of these names will be found among the list of church members. James R. Dickson, Zara W. Arnold, William Crane and others of prominence were members during that time.
BUILDING OF THE CHAPEL.
For a number of years the members of the Honesdale Pres- byterian church and congregation had felt that their chapel ac- commodations were insufficient for the needs of the church and Sunday school, but nothing practical was done towards the erection of a new building until the holiday entertainment of the Sunday school in 1888, when Horace C. Hand's class donated fifty dollars towards the erection of a new chapel. Superintendent Thompson commended the project and Rev. W. H. Swift spoke earnestly in its favor. As it was very warm that evening he said he hoped that it would become so warm that Rev. Stephen Torrey, who was noted for his liberality, could not stay there, or words to that effect. Mr. Torrey was very much stirred by the appeal and asked Mr. Hand how much a chapel would cost and being told that the Port Jervis chapel cost $10,000 he placed $1,000 in the Wayne County
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Savings Bank, supposing that he was contributing one-tenth of the cost, subject, however, to the building of the chapel within five years. Rev. Mr. Swift, in a sermon delivered after the six- tieth anniversary, urged the undertaking, and at a meeting of the congregation, November 8, 1889, Mr. Hand, having reported the church out of debt, the project was again discussed and Messrs. Holmes and Thompson were appointed to obtain plans and specifications with estimates of cost. November 22d the plan of Architect T. I. Lacey, of Binghamton, was presented and J. E. Richmond was made chairman of a soliciting committee and December 8 he reported subscriptions amounting to $9,998. February 14, 1890, Mr. Thompson reported $12,320 subscribed. At this meeting, on motion of H. C. Hand, seconded by R. M. Stocker, it was ordered that a new chapel be built, and on motion of E. F. Torrey the building was not to cost over $15,000. It was further directed that the building committee should consist of Isaac N. Foster, president; S. W. Powell, secretary; H. C. Hand, treasurer; E. F. Torrey and W. H. Stanton, trustees, together with Hon. H. M. Seely, Andrew Thompson, William B. Holmes, Dr. R. Burns, W. W. Weston and Coe Durland. H. S. Salmon was made treasurer of the building fund. April 21 the committee reported that they could not erect such a building as was needed for the sum to which they had been limited and the congregation authorized them to expend $17,- 000 in the erection of the building. Pursuant to this direction the committee contracted with R. H. Brown for the construction of the building according to plans furnished by T. I. Lacey for $15,698 to which $90.77 were added for extras. Mr. Brown did his work well and a beautiful chapel is the result. The entire cost of the building and furnishing was about $20,200. Ground was broken May 21, 1890; the first stone was laid June 3 and the building was ready for occupancy and dedicated October 27, 1891. The dedicatory services were appropriately opened by singing, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow" and reading of that Scripture wherein Solomon dedicates the Temple to God's service. After the dedicatory prayer by Rev.
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H. H. Welles, of Kingston, Pa., Judge Seely acting as chairman, introduced the speakers in a very happy manner. Rev. H. C. McDermott, of the Methodist church, of Honesdale, made an excellent address in which he characterized the Presbyterians as a people of broad culture and he welcomed their improve- ment in a generous and catholic spirit. Rev. Dr. N. G. Parke, of Pittston, who came into the Lackawanna valley when Slocum Hollow constituted all there was of the present city of Scranton, spoke of the great influence of a man of character. He also paid a tribute of respect to the memory of Rev. Stephen Torrey. Henry Dunning, of Wilkesbarre, spoke in the spirit of his father. His address was in good taste and was well received. He was followed by Messrs. Frederick Fuller, A. W. Dickson, James H. Torrey and Hon. Alfred Hand, all leading men of Scranton. These parties seemed to be proud of the fact that they were natives of Honesdale and were grateful for the instructions that they had received at the hands of Dr. Rowland, Dr. Dunning and Sunday school superintendents and teachers in the Presby- terian church. Judge Hand also donated $500 towards the chapel fund. After the benediction by Rev. G. C. Hall, of Grace Episcopal church, the large audience engaged in hand shaking and in looking over the building, many remaining to partake of the free lunch that the ladies had prepared in the chapel parlors. The building faces the park south and you enter the hall by means of solid stone steps. The first room on the left is the pastor's study which was elegantly furnished by the Bible class. The next room on that side is the infant class room. This opens into the main auditorium, which is surrounded on three sides by a gallery adapted for Sunday school purposes. The gallery is entered from the end of the hall on the right; adjoining this in the semi-rotunda is the library room, and to the right as you first enter is the public reading room, while the kitchen, dining room and ladies' parlor are in the second story over the reading room, pastor's study and infant class room. The reading room was opened to the public im- mediately. Rev. Mr. Swift, as president of the Christian En-
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deavor Society, appointed W. J. Ward, J. A. Bodie, R. M. Stocker, Misses Clara T. Sutton, May D. Foster and Jennie Lee a committee to select literature for the room and take charge of it. The committee solicited subscriptions and ordered a large number of the leading magazines and newspapers. The room has been kept open afternoons and evenings until recently, when only in the evenings is the room open for the public. The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor have fur- nished volunteers from their number to look after this room free of charge for more than twelve years. Among the pleasing features of the dedicatory services was the presence of a daugh- ter of Rev. Dr. Rowland and a son of Rev. Dr. Dunning, and representatives of nearly all the former superintendents, John Torrey, who had seen every church built that had been erected in Honesdale, and Mrs. Ezra Hand, who had helped erect two churches and two chapels. The Wednesday evening following Rev. W. H. Swift, who had watched the building with great interest and faith, delivered an earnest address looking towards the sun rising, earnest and progressive. He was followed by R. M. Stocker, who compared the old style of forbidding church, with its austere pastor, perched on high in his pulpit, railed in, having a sounding board over his head, with the present style of chapel, which is a church home, pleasant and inviting with modern appliances. He said Rev. Stephen Torrey would have rejoiced to see this day, but he speaks mutely, yet eloquently, through the bricks which his money helped to place in this chapel. The following Sunday the regular exercises were omit- ted and the time was occupied by Messrs. John T. Ball, W. B. Holmes and Hon. H. M. Seely, who made addresses appropriate to the occasion.
In the fall of 1893 the Sunday school decided to fresco the walls of the chapel if the trustees would permit them to do it, this the trustees permitted and the frescoing was done by Bald- win & Dabelstein, of Utica, for $330. The total expense of frescoing and putting down carpeting, etc. was some $400.
June 26, 1895, E. F. Torrey, representing the children of
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John Torrey, deceased, gave two bonds of $1,000 each, the in- terest of which is to be applied to the payment of the pew rental of the John Torrey pew, which since the death of his daughter Caroline N. Torrey, has been an endowed free pew.
At a meeting of the trustees held at the National Bank, November 20, 1895, the following appears: "The charter of our society having been mislaid and out of sight for a number of years, but recently found, it is thought advisable to make some amendment to it." The following resolution was passed: "Re- solved, that Andrew Thompson, E. C. Mumford, R. M. Stocker, Henry Wilson and A. T. Searle be appointed a committee to examine the charter and advise what amendments are needed to make it more effective and what legal steps can be taken to secure such amendments, and report when ready to a joint meet- ing of the trustees and sessions." November 25, 1895, a joint meeting presided over by E. F. Torrey was held in the pastor's study in the chapel. There were present H. C. Hand, Andrew Thompson, R. M. Stocker, J. A. Bodie, W. J. Ward, E. F. Tor- rey, H. S. Salmon, W. W. Weston, E. C. Mumford and S. W. Powell, secretary. The committee made their report and the amendments to the charter heretofore mentioned were adopted, and on regular application to the Court, were approved.
This charter provided for an election of a board of nine trustees. Some irregularities in relation to the time of holding elections had prevailed during the time the charter was mis- laid, so all the old board resigned; and Wednesday, February 12, 1896, with Rev. W. H. Swift as chairman and S. W. Powell as secretary, an entire new board was elected as follows: E. F. Torrey, W. W. Weston and S. W. Powell for three years, W. H. Stone, Hon. George S. Purdy and A. T. Searle for two years, E. C. Mumford, H. S. Salmon and J. D. Weston for one year. This board organized by electing E. F. Torrey, president; S. W. Powell, secretary; H. S. Salmon, treasurer.
The parsonage had become dilapidated and the new board of trustees with commendable diligence began to investigate the matter and at a special meeting of the society held June 2, 1897,
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R. M. Stocker chairman and S. W. Powell secretary, E. C. Mumford chairman of the committee of trustees reported what had been done in relation to plans and after much discussion H. C. Hand offered a motion which was seconded by Mr. Thompson that the trustees be authorized to incur an indebted- ness of $2,500 to remodel the parsonage. Mr. Holmes offered an amendment increasing the amount to $6,000. The amend- ment was accepted by the original movers and carried. With this authorization the trustees employed Mr. Decker as archi- tect and contracted the work to John D. Bryant for $4,350. During the building of the manse as the new parsonage is called, Rev. W. H. Swift and family resided on the corner of Sixteenth and Main streets in the building now owned by Dr. E. T. Brown. In the spring of 1898 the manse was ready for occupancy and Rev. W. H. Swift and his family moved into it.
At the annual meeting February 13, 1901, Augustus P. Thompson was appointed to collect the subscription which had been made to pay off the debt of $4,100. This money was col- lected and the debt was paid. The last $200 of this indebted- ness, which included part of the chapel indebtedness, was paid with that part of Rev. Stephen Torrey's gift which was to re- main in bank until the society was freed from debt, and the interest was to go to the session for a library.
The persons who have been trustees of the church since its organization are Isaac P. Foster, Charles Forbes, Richard L. Seely, Abraham I. Stryker, Stephen Brush, John Torrey, Russel F. Lord, Stephen North, Jr., Solomon Z. Lord, Daniel Blandin, Thomas H. R. Tracy, E. Kingsbury, Jr., Horace Baldwin, John Neal, David Tarbox, Daniel P. Kirtland, Stephen Torrey, Wil- liam Reed, Platt Darling, Stephen D. Ward, John I. Allen, John P. Darling, Zara W. Arnold, Ebenezer Leighton, John F. Roe, James R. Dickson, C. C. Graves, P. R. Williams, Charles P. Waller, Edward W. Weston, Josiah Foster, Stephen G. Cory, David Beers, William H. Foster, Ezra Hand, George G. Wal- ler, Thaddeus S. Fitch, W. W. Weston, Samuel Allen, Horace C. Hand, Coe F. Young, R. J. Knapp, Miles L. Tracy, Edwin
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F. Torrey, Isaac N. Foster, F. W. Grennell, R. N. Torrey, John K. Jenkins, Seth W. Powell, William H. Stanton.
The present board, 1904, are Hon. George S. Purdy, presi- dent; E. A. Penniman, secretary; H. S. Salmon, treasurer; E. F. Torrey, S. W. Powell, W. H. Stone, A. T. Searle, E. C. Mum- ford and John D. Weston. One of the most important offices is that of treasurer, and prior to 1860 this office was being passed from one to another constantly, but in 1858 Horace C. Hand was elected and he discharged the duties of the office almost continuously until 1893. A period of thirty-three years of actual service was performed by him. He has found a worthy successor in H. S. Salmon who has held the office since 1893. The treasurer has charge of the funds of the society and he is expected to placate the dissatisfied pewholders and per- sons who have neglected to secure their pews in time, All this requires tact and patience and the prosperity of the church de- pends very largely upon the efficiency with which this office is conducted. The church is to be congratulated upon the effi- ciency with which this work has always been performed from the days of John Torrey, the first treasurer, down to the present time.
At the annual meeting of the congregation held May 8, 1888, Hon. H. M. Seely president and R. M. Stocker secretary, W. B. Holmes moved that the trustees be authorized to raise the salary of Rev. W. H. Swift, our pastor, $200 per year, pro- vided the increase in the rental of the pews justified such action. After a discussion participated in by W. B. Holmes, George G. Waller and W. H. Stanton the motion was carried unanimously. The pew renting then proceeded, W. H. Lee, Esq., acting as auctioneer. The highest premiums were paid by C. F. Young and John Torrey, making their pew rentals $125 and $100 re- spectively. The seats sold rapidly showing a gratifying in- crease and the pastor's salary was increased accordingly to $2,000 and has remained at that figure since that time. The salary was honestly won by merit and deservedly remains where it was placed. This action of the congregation was unani-
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mously approved by the trustees at a meeting in Foster & Co.'s store on motion of E. F. Torrey, seconded by W. H. Stanton, and a letter to that effect was sent to Mr. Swift by I. N. Foster president and S. W. Powell secretary.
Rev. Stephen Torrey appeared before the trustees in be- half of the church at Little Equinunk, representing that they desired a loan of $500 from the church erection fund of the Presbyterian church and in order to obtain it some church now organized must sign the application. It was then decided to sign the application for the mission station at Little Equinunk which was accordingly done.
November 23, 1888, G. G. Waller, who had been elected president of the board of trustees, was present and considerable business was transacted. A note subsequently added by the secretary reads: "The above was thought to be the last business transaction of George G. Waller, Esq., as he and his family left for Brooklyn the following morning at which place he was taken sick and died in a few days."
The trustees after their number was increased to nine members, took full charge of the building of the beautiful Colonial style manse which now is part of our church property. The Presbyterian society has been fortunate, largely through the foresight of the founders of the church, in securing the en- tire south front of the block on Tenth street, between Church and Court streets, facing Central Park. All these properties face south towards the Park. The church is 65x86 feet and has a gallery over the entrance. It has a seating capacity of six hundred persons. The church and chapel are of brick and the manse is of wood, and taken together they constitute a handsome and desirably located property.
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