History of the Old Tennent . in front, a square of seats, commonly called theElders Square. The tower or steeple of the church wasstoutly built, set on a trestlework of enormous strength in therafters, capable of supporting, in its ringing motion, a bell ot500 pounds weight. Although in 1856 the trustees madesome movement toward the securing of a bell, yet the antiquesteeple still stands empty and quiet. Benjamin VanCleve,whose initials are stamped in the iron bars of the east andwest door-latches, is reported to have made the iron furnish-ings of the church, such as nails, door-hinge
History of the Old Tennent . in front, a square of seats, commonly called theElders Square. The tower or steeple of the church wasstoutly built, set on a trestlework of enormous strength in therafters, capable of supporting, in its ringing motion, a bell ot500 pounds weight. Although in 1856 the trustees madesome movement toward the securing of a bell, yet the antiquesteeple still stands empty and quiet. Benjamin VanCleve,whose initials are stamped in the iron bars of the east andwest door-latches, is reported to have made the iron furnish-ings of the church, such as nails, door-hinges, latches, andpossibly the weather-vane on the steeple, a study in itself.(See Illustration). These were evidently all forged out on hisanvil. The capacious galleries, the closed and lofty pulpit,and the straight high-backed pews with entrance doors, arestudious samples of the ecclesiastic architecture in colonialtimes. The work begun in 1750 does not appear to have beenfully completed until 1753, when the iron-bar fastenings of the. Peter G^ordon. £^ QeovgeWalterIWicl Barclay. Roberl Cain mm as. Hendricfc. VoorhcesTun i s Va« d &rv e e r*. 4- Nicholas (Joseph /Ccr. William Coven&oven^cj£ Robert JamesThomas ^Tomsoii. £l£>. Abraham Cla-ytoix ~t Sml th. ? fc Samuel IPrev+ J$ f{). 64 63 59 SB
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