. The city of Troy and its vicinity. d and installed, October 28,1869. The first trustees were electedthat day, and the church was incor-porated May 3, 1870. The new chapelwest of the church was dedicatedApril ig, 18S3. The manse on thenorth lot was built in 18S3. Pastor: Ninian B. Remick, 1S69to present time. Westminster PresbyterianChurch, on the northwest corner ofFirst Street and Fifth Avenue, Lan-singburgh. This church is the out-growth of a mission Sunday-schoolorganized under the care of the SecondStreet Presbyterian Church. A di-lapidated school-house, on the north-west corner of Vail
. The city of Troy and its vicinity. d and installed, October 28,1869. The first trustees were electedthat day, and the church was incor-porated May 3, 1870. The new chapelwest of the church was dedicatedApril ig, 18S3. The manse on thenorth lot was built in 18S3. Pastor: Ninian B. Remick, 1S69to present time. Westminster PresbyterianChurch, on the northwest corner ofFirst Street and Fifth Avenue, Lan-singburgh. This church is the out-growth of a mission Sunday-schoolorganized under the care of the SecondStreet Presbyterian Church. A di-lapidated school-house, on the north-west corner of Vail Avenue and Tur-ners Lane (now Glen Avenue) wason December, 1S6S, refitted for theuse of the Sunday-school organized thelirst Sunday in January, 1869 ; EdgarP. Schoonmaker being elected super-intendent, and thirty scholars attend-ing. The success of the school beingmarked by a large and increasingnumber of scholars, the members ofthe Second Presbyterian Church de-cided to erect a chapel on the secondlot north of the school-house 251 The building was erected, and wasdedicated October 23, 1870. On Febru-ary I, 1871, the Rev. James Marshalltook charge of the mission. In Septem-ber following, thirty-nine persons con-nected with the mission requested thePresbytery of Troy to organize theminto a Presbyterian society. On No-vember 2, the Westmmster Pres-byterian Church of Troy was dulyorganized with forty-two August, 1882, the weather-boardedchurch was moved to its present building was then enlarged bythe addition of a Sunday-schoolroom. On September 23, 1882. thefirst service was held in the buildingafter its removal. The church has amembership of 248 persons. Pastors : James Marshall, Novem-ber 2,1871 to March i, 1872 ; ThomasL. Sexton, May 9, 1872 to July, 1875;Clarence Eddy, July i, 1875 to 1880 ;George Fairlee, September 22, 1880,to present lime. Mount Ida Presbyterian Me-morial Church is on the west side ofPawling Avenue, and opposite MountIda Cemetery.
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