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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition. 252 words

The rectory adjoining the church, was built in 1875. There are costly memorial tablets in the church to Rev. Dr. Creighton and Washington Irving. The church was enlarged and beautified in 1868.

Upon a commanding eminence, nearly in front of the Episcopal church, stands the mausoleum of the Cobb family. The lower portion consists of a broad marble base, containing apartments for two sarcophagi, and likewise an upper receptacle for coffins, the whole surmounted by a neat obelisk." .

The Second Reformed Dutch church is situated immediately above the former, on the road leading to Sing Sing. This building is also constructed of brick. The front presents a colonnade of the Ionic order surmounted with a wooden tower and spire. This church was erected A. D. 1837, and is in union with the old Dutch church at Sleepy Hollow.

Above the entrance is placed the following inscription :

"Reformed Dutch Ciiriion." Erected A. D. 1837, In all places where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.

Exodus xx : 24.

a Maria Kemble and her sister were nieces of the Honorable Viscount Cage.

b Son of Philip Philipse, proprietor of the Philipstowu patent, and grandson of the lion. Frederick Philipse, Lord of the Manor of Philipsburgh.

c This structure has been recently erected for C'apt. Nathan Cobb, now a resident of this village, formerly and for many years a most efficient and successful commander In the Liverpool packet line from Js'ew York. -- Irving Banner.