Centennial history of the First Presbyterian church of Easton, Pennsylvania : 1811-1911 . cut-ed till May 20th, 1829. On April 30th, 1818, Abraham Ealerand Mary, his wife in consideration of Four Hundred Dollarsdeeded to the trustees Lot No. 287 on town plot with a front-age on Bushkill Street of 55 feet. Possessed of these two lots,they proceeded to build: the original building committee wasJohn Green, Absolom Reeder, John Cooper, Ralph Tindall,Moses Davis and Thomas McKeen. The cellar was dug bythe men of the congregation on a Saturday afternoon. JohnBowes was to burn the bricks. Hill Hutchi
Centennial history of the First Presbyterian church of Easton, Pennsylvania : 1811-1911 . cut-ed till May 20th, 1829. On April 30th, 1818, Abraham Ealerand Mary, his wife in consideration of Four Hundred Dollarsdeeded to the trustees Lot No. 287 on town plot with a front-age on Bushkill Street of 55 feet. Possessed of these two lots,they proceeded to build: the original building committee wasJohn Green, Absolom Reeder, John Cooper, Ralph Tindall,Moses Davis and Thomas McKeen. The cellar was dug bythe men of the congregation on a Saturday afternoon. JohnBowes was to burn the bricks. Hill Hutchison and DanielQuigley were to lay them. Ralph Tindall was to do the car-penter work. Major Straub was to do the plastering, andJohn and Louis Gano the painting. As finally agreed on thebuilding was to be 45 by 50 feet and the front was to standback from the building line on Bushkill Street 12 feet and 5 feetfrom the line on Second or Ferner Street. The pulpit wasplaced between the doors opening from Bushkill Street; andto the right and left of the doors after entering the small vesti-. The Original First Presbyterian Church. Rear view from theNorth West in 1846. 13 bule, were closed stairways leading to the gallery that occupiedthe east, west and north sides. On the north gallery was placeda small organ. There were 44 pews on the main floor and 27on the gallery, which with all other white pine woodwork, werepainted white—the total cost being $6,500. I omitted to saythat after passing through the doorways from the small vesti-bule into the aisles, there was running east and west from therespective aisles, a narrow aisle or passage admitting entranceto a few pews running parallel to the main aisles. ThomasMcKeen, Joseph Burke and James Hays were a committee tosolicit subscriptions, which totaled $5, embracing 210names—the amounts varying from $ to $.50. Among thecontributors are to be found the names of Rev. Robert Finlayand Rev. Thomas Pomp, Rev. Bishop, the stat
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