The building is a neat edifice of brick. The interior arrangements and fittings up are peculiarly nppropriate, being neat and simple. A chaste pulpit and communion table occupy the west end, while a gallery extends across the eastern.

This church was incorporated under the act of 1813, dated July 13, 1844. Lemuel W. Wells and Ducan McFarland, elders; Frederick Nodiue and Ralph Shipman, deacons. The first installed pastor was the Rev. V. M. Hurlbert, present minister.

There appears to have been a Dutch Reformed congregation in this town as early as 1781, "called the Reformed Dutch Church at the Lower Mil Is, in the Manor ofPhilipsborough,'' incorporated under the act of 1784, dated Septei?>ber 8, 1786 ; William Warner, Abraham Odell, Isaac Vermilyea, James McChain, Jacobus Dyckman, trustees.

Minutes from the records of the Reformed Dutch Church, Yonkers, 1815.

No. of Communicants. Baptisms.

45. 10.

The Methodist Episcopal Church is located on the edge of

484 . HISTORY OF THE

Locust Hill, 5^ north of the village, from its elevated position overlooking the splendid scenery of the Hudson. The present edifice is a neat structure of wood. Adjoining it on the east is a small parsonage. The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized March 1, 1828, under the name and title of Christ Church ; first trustees Joseph Oakley, Frederick Shonnard, Thomas Griffen, and David Oakley-

In the immediate vicinity of the village are located two wellknown seminaries, viz ihe Oak Grove Female Seminary, Mr. and Mrs. Foote, principals ; and a large boarding school for boys, G. W. Francis, principal. Both of these institutions are delightfully situated upon high ground, overlooking the magnificent scenery of the river. A new building for the district school has recently been erected at an expense of nearly $3000. It is of brick 32 feet by 42, and one of the best arranged in the county.