The location is, perhaps, the most desirable that could be selected for the purposes of education in this vicinity, 'i'he 5iVe is half a mile from, the village landing, and about twenty-five miles distant from New York, with which there is daily communication. The edifice is a commodious brick building with wings, and a large rear building for the school. The grounds embrace several acres, affording abundant opportunity for healthy sports, and are quite retired from the village.

Irving Institute, Tarry town.

Christ Church, Tarrytown, is a neat Gothic edifice of brick, pleasantly located in the main street.

This church was erected in 1836, and consecrated to the ser» vice of Almighty God by the name and style of Christ's Church,

200 HISTORY OF THE

Tarrytown, September, 1837. The whole structure is valued at

8S000.

On the iiorih side of the chancel are two marble slabs bearing the following inscriptions:

IN IN

memory of memory of

Katharine Kemble, Maria* Philips,

Born October, 1765, (Relict of Frederick Philips, b)

and departed this life the of Philipstown, Putnam County,

16th day of July, New York,

A. D. 1843, who departed this life the 13th day of

Sister to Maria Philips. November, A.D. 1839,

" In death they aged 68 years.

were not

divided." Her remains rest within the walls of

the Tower of this Church.

The memory of the just is blessed. -- Prov. x. 7.

The Rev. William Creighton, D. D., first and present incurnbetit.

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.*^