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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 254 (part 3)

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[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The number of original members was ten. The congregation first met in a room hired of Aaron Travis, corner of South and Division Streets, and afterward in an upper room in a house on Divi-sion Street, hired of James Brown. The site of the present church was bought of James Brewer May 1, 1844, and a house of worship was begun, which was finished and occupied in April, 1846. The next year the church was dedicated. In 1871 the present church was built at a cost of ten thousand dollars. The pas-