. Book of the Royal blue . onwhich the town of Frederick wasbuilt. .\ number of vears ago a new church was built across the street from theold one, and in 1880 the main portion ofthe old church was torn down, though thestone tower and its steeple were left stand-ing and a new building erected back of thetower and connected with it, which is nowused for the Sunday school and prayermeetings of the congregation. It is knownas Trinity Chapel. The town clock was constructed in 1 7Mbor 1797 by Frederick Heisley, themoney to pay for it having been col-lected by popular subscription. Thewooden steeple
. Book of the Royal blue . onwhich the town of Frederick wasbuilt. .\ number of vears ago a new church was built across the street from theold one, and in 1880 the main portion ofthe old church was torn down, though thestone tower and its steeple were left stand-ing and a new building erected back of thetower and connected with it, which is nowused for the Sunday school and prayermeetings of the congregation. It is knownas Trinity Chapel. The town clock was constructed in 1 7Mbor 1797 by Frederick Heisley, themoney to pay for it having been col-lected by popular subscription. Thewooden steeple surmounting thetower was designed and built byStephen Steiner in 1807, and thetown clock was placed in it. Fhesteeple has also contained for a num-ber of years past a chime of bells,upon the leading bell of which theold town clock strikes the the hnial surmounting the steepleis a weather-vane marked with theilate 1807, which for a hundred \earsas shown to the people of Fredericku-ilnection in which the wind blowv.
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