Requa conveyed lots for the building of the new church on the corner of Main street and Windel Park, and on which the first Methodist Episcopal church of Tarrytown was subsequently erected.

" It was a pleasing sight to see, when this little church was erected, the good old members wending their way to church of an evening with lighted candles in their hands. What a methodistical appearance they presented ! The men seated on one side, and the women and children on the other. Look at these men with their plain shad-bellied coats and white collarless cravats ; and the women in plain quakcr garb. Not a ruffle, nor a bow, nor a flower ! A flower ! shades of all saints ! Talk of

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flowers in a Methodist church meeting. Why, that was the "abomination of desolation."

In this unpretentious building not only did the first Methodists worship, but that also of the present flourishing Episcopal church known as " Christ church " had its origin. When Mr. Holmes first came to Tarrytown in 1833 he found no place of worship of his own Church nearer than several miles from the village ; he referred to his Bishop for authority to lay-read and procure a place in which to do it, accordingly he applied to the trustees of the Methodist church for the occasional use of the building, which was readily granted -- and here service was held in the afternoons of Sunday. The Rev. Dr. Creighton officiated in the absence of Mr. Holmes, and here they laid the foundation of their church and Sunday school. At this time there was no other church in the place except the old Dutch church in Sleepy Hollow.