The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)
We have previously shown that the present church edifice was erected in 1765, by the inhabitants of this town. Situated in a pleasant valley, bordering on the Aqueanouncke, it presents from the neighboring hills a very picturesque appearance. The building is remarkable for the solid character of its masonry, the angles of the edifice being ornamented with rustic quoins, the windows and doors also having rustics. A vestry and school room have just been built, opening into the east end of the church. On the west end is a neat, square tower of three stages, with narrow lights, terminating in an octangular lantern, containing a bell which bears the following inscription: -- "The Gift of the Rev. T/iomas Standard, 1758. Lester 6* Pack, fecit."*
Immediately above the tower door are inscribed the initials of the principal benefactors, viz. : -- P. R. P. -- P. P. -- D. V. -- also a tablet of red sand-stone, bearing the date of erection, 1765. The whole edifice has recently undergone considerable repairs ; a new chancel arrangement made, the walls painted in frescoe, and the church newly seated. It deserves to be mentioned that the pulpit and reading desk were originally placed between the two south windows. Beneath the chancel repose the remains of the Rev. Thomas Standard, former rector of the parish, and Mary, his wife. In the gallery is a fine toned organ, presented by George Rapalye, Esq., in 1833, at a cost of $800. The chandalier and sheds were also his gift.