A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 154
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] lage, renders it convenient for all purposes of communication, its elevated and retired situation, secures the pupils from all in-jurious or undesirable intercourse therewith, and is peculiarly suited to encourage them in studious and domestic habits. Especial pains are taken in the discipline of the pupils in this establishment. The principal is a graduate of the U. S. Mili-tary Academy at West Point, and his aim is to make this a school of the highest character.'' St. Paul's Church, Sing Sing. Near the centre of the village, is situated the Episcopal church of St. Paul's, a beautiful Gothic structure of Sing Sing marble. The tower is built of the same durable material, and supported by single buttresses. It is intended to finish the whole with a plain marble spire and pinnacles. Beneath the body of the edi-fice is an extensive basement, containing lecture, vestry and rob-ing rooms. Above the tower entrance, a neat escutcheon bears the following inscription : ST. PAUL'S CHURCH AD.