:'■ : John Titus, Charles Wright,

■■ . / Gerard Crane, Daniel Kent, V, .. ■ / Thaddeus Crane, Lewis Brown,

- ' J- . Solomon Bailey.

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Horace Bailey, Esq., President. Egbert Rowland, Cashier. Near the centre of the village, and directly opposite the junction of the Pines bridge and Peekskiil turnpike road, stands the Elej)ha7it Hotel, a very commodious and handsome brick edifice, under the superintendence of Horace Bailey, Esq.

The large zoological exhibitions which annually visit this state, originated in Somerstown, through the enterprise of Hachaliah Bailey, who imported about 1815, the celebrated elephant «' Old Bet]'' the first ever brought to the United States. Other importations of animals quickly followed, but subsequently the smaller companies became absorbed into one grand travelling menagerie. The present propiietors are Messrs. Thaddeus and Gerard Crane. These gentlemen are associated with the great liontamer, Van Amburgh, and in the adjoining town of North Salem, ■. -with Lewis Titus , nd John June.

■" The Episcopal Church of St. Luke, occupies a fine situation, on the Plain, at no great distance from the hotel. It is a very handsome edifice of wood, in the Grecian style, with a stone basement beneath. The front presents a lofty portico, supported by Ionic columns ; the roof is surmounted with a low tower.

COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

St. Luke's Church, Somers.

Previous to the erection of this church in 1842, Episcopal services were occasionally performed in the town, by the neighboring clergy. They were held usually in an edifice erected by the liberality of persons belonging to the various religious societies and others, possessing no denominational connection, under the name of the Union Meeting House. Here the churchmen of this section of country were favored with the occasional ministrations of the Rev.