History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . (!llEEN15rR<;iI. 275 Rossiter Worthington by his widowed wife. It is builton a portion of the somewhat extensive landed propertywhich Mr. Worthington owned there at the time of hisdecease. His mortal remains lie in a vault under thechancel, and it is understood that the chapel is to re-main closed during Mrs. Worthingtons life-time. Asyet no public religious service has ever been held init, as none was held at the laying of the edifice,
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . (!llEEN15rR<;iI. 275 Rossiter Worthington by his widowed wife. It is builton a portion of the somewhat extensive landed propertywhich Mr. Worthington owned there at the time of hisdecease. His mortal remains lie in a vault under thechancel, and it is understood that the chapel is to re-main closed during Mrs. Worthingtons life-time. Asyet no public religious service has ever been held init, as none was held at the laying of the edifice, of course, has never been consecrated, andis not under the control of the diocese. It is a taste-ful structure, and is said to have cost altogether abouttwenty thousand dollars. The building itself, amithe grounds adjoining, together with the inclosure,are kept in excellent order, which must involve, inaddition, a considerable expense. The following tribute to the memory of Mr. Wor-thington is from the Transactions of the AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers for the year 1881: In Memoriam,Henry Rossiter Worthington, late vice-pre
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