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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 402 (part 4)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] There was also a separate class of the Methodist Episcopal Church organized at Croton Palls, and, for a time, distinct services were held in Union Hall, at that place, but, after a few years, this was given up and the class organization merged into the church society at Purdy's. The Presbyterians, also, of Somers and the vicinity of Purdy's for a few years maintained services in a build-ing erected for a chapel at Purdy's, but it was found that a division of services and congregations weaken-ed the church and the chapel was abandoned. The building was used for some time as a public school, but was finally converted into a dwelling with a