A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II
Peter and St, Paul, and the four evangelists are depicted in six windows, three on each side. These figures are executed in the best style of modern stained glass; they stand on floriated Gothic pedestals of gold surmounted by a rich canopy of the same. At the foot of the pedestal a gold escutcheon containing the name of each apostle and evangelist. The whole were made to order expressly for this church at St. Omers in France.
Adjoining the church on the west is the new divinity school of St. Joseph ; the grounds are extensive, and in a state of iiigh improvement. The collegiate year commences on the first Monday of September. Average number of students about 130.
Rose hill place has been successively the property of the families of Gorsar, Watts, and Brevoort, from whom it passed to Horatio Shephard Moat, who sold it in 1836 to the present proprietor.
The farm and residence of the late Peter de Lancey, Esq., is delightfully situated near the college.
In the same neighborhood is Belmont^ the property of Jacob Lorillard, Esq. The house, which occupies an elevated position, commands a very extensive view of the Mill brook vale and the country adjacent.
The Dutch Reformed Church stands upon rising ground on the north side of the road leading from Fordham to Kingsbridge. This edifice was erected in 1801. It is a neat wooden structure, but contains nothing worthy of particular notice. The old church,^ which has long since been destroyed, stood