The kirk on Rutgers farm . The Kirk on Rutgers Farm floor was for the Sunday school and pro-vided with circular seats for classes. In analcove on one side and closed by glassdoors was the library railed off from therest of the school. On the main floor wasthe lecture room, the floor of which rosein the back. Between the stairways lead-ing to the next floor was a platform withtwo heavy Greek columns and a readingdesk between them. It was a bold boywho would run back there thru thedark when the infant class met in theroom. The columns were removed in theseventies and later on the rounded stiff.
The kirk on Rutgers farm . The Kirk on Rutgers Farm floor was for the Sunday school and pro-vided with circular seats for classes. In analcove on one side and closed by glassdoors was the library railed off from therest of the school. On the main floor wasthe lecture room, the floor of which rosein the back. Between the stairways lead-ing to the next floor was a platform withtwo heavy Greek columns and a readingdesk between them. It was a bold boywho would run back there thru thedark when the infant class met in theroom. The columns were removed in theseventies and later on the rounded stiff. ^^,, seats went too. Then the floor had to be in Old Consistory leveled SO that the room could be put toBuilding general use. Before that it was possibleto reach most of the seats only by pass-ing between the leader and the audi-ence. In the base-ment in dingymEltSg«sniiK^S39saB quarters in the. The Kirk on Rutgers Farm rear lived the sexton. He had the greatimprovement of having water broughtinto the house in June, 1847, by a sixty-foot hose. Six years later the hydrantwas put up in the front church yard, re-maining there until quite recently. To the right and under the stoop therewas a hallway, which later was changedto the pastors study, in which allsmaller important meetings were held. Itwas in this little room that the sessionreceived members and for many it holdsvery sacred memories. There were no pictures in the building,but later a few mottoes with Bible textswere hung about. In early days a part of the buildingwas rented for use as a school. The rentalwas only nominal. At the time of theerection of the consistory building thesidewalks around the whole propertywere flagged and the iron fence The Kirk on Rutgers Farm In 1848 the upper floor was arrangedfor the Sunday school at a cost of $ 1871 doors were cut thru to thegalleries of the church from t
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