History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . the last was succeeded by Henry Kelly about the year1800, and he by a Mr. Chichester about the year1802. In 1803 the old house was demolishe 1, and anew one was erected in the course of the followingyear, on the east side of the street. As there was nochurch in the place, this was intended to serve thedouble purpose of church and school-house. Thehouse was removed to what is now called King StreetSquare, probably about the year 1810. The presenth
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . the last was succeeded by Henry Kelly about the year1800, and he by a Mr. Chichester about the year1802. In 1803 the old house was demolishe 1, and anew one was erected in the course of the followingyear, on the east side of the street. As there was nochurch in the place, this was intended to serve thedouble purpose of church and school-house. Thehouse was removed to what is now called King StreetSquare, probably about the year 1810. The presenthouse was built in 1S>3, remodeled and enlarged in1867 and 1868. There was a school-house a few years since on Bangent Street, where a small oilier now stands, not tarfrom the corner of Purchase Avenue. Here oneEvans B. Hollis taught school some tifty years was an Englishman, and is said to have been anexcellent teacher. He came to Rye from Sing Sing,and taught lirst for a while at the school near SawPit. The school on Regent Street had existed longbefore Mr. Hollis time. Shortly after the passage, in 1812, by the New York. RYK <; Legislature, of an act for the establishment of commonschools, steps were taken in Rye to carry its provisionsintoeffect. On April 6,1813, a vote was taken, agree-ably to notice from the County Clerk, that the SchoolFund was to be distributed ; and it was carried in theaffirmative, to accept of the money allotted the same meeting school commissioners and in-spectors were chosen for the first time. Deall, Ezrahiah Wetmore and Jared Peckwere elected commissioners, and the Rev. SamuelHaskell and Messrs. John Guion, Charles Field andJohn Brown were chosen inspectors of schools. The division of the town into school districts wascommenced in 1814. Three districts and two neigh-borhoods were formed. A fourth district was addedin 1826. According to this division, District No. 1,on Rye Neck, comprehended that part of the towns
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