[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The hall has a seating capacity for two hundred, and is on the ground floor of a large, commodious building, the basement and upper stories of which are used as ten-ements. In May, 1870 a meeting was held in this hall to reorganize the Baptist Church of Croton Falls. After a full examination of the letters presented, and the articles of faith adopted, it was voted to recog-nize this body as a regular and independent Baptist Church. The number of constituent members was ten — four male and six female. The church was admitted into the Union Association at its annual meeting in Patterson, N. Y., in 1870. Until October of that year Rev. E. C. Romine supplied the pulpit. On October 9, 1870, the following resolution appears on 1 The present pastor. SALEM. :>>! the records : " Resolved, That the church extend a call to Rev. V. W. Benedict to become their pastor; that the salary be one thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly." Mr. Benedict accepted the call and has since remained the pastor of this church. On March 18, 1875, a meeting of the society was called for the purpose of incorporation under the laws of the State. The corporate name of the Croton Falls Baptist Church was adopted, and the following board of trustees elected : Joel J. Purdy, Thatcher H. Theal, David Adams, Israel Pinckney and Gilbert F. Bailej.