New-York tribune., 1867-03-13
ST. GEORGES CHAPEL,
IT'S HISTORY AND ITS PROPOSED SALE.

IT'S HISTORY AND ITS PROPOSED SALE
The Chapel of St. George, upon the corner OF Beck
man and Chffsts will probably be sold and demolished
within the present year The next decade win witness
the destruction Of nearly every venerable structure In
the lower part of the city, and In St. Georges we Will
lose ono of the interesting of the ancient edoes OF
the Metropolis The Corporation of Trinity Church ana
which tho site of the old structure will be disposed for
other purposes and consequently the building viii
Trinity Church is mother to the chapcls known st.
GoOge st. Pag st. Johns ,6a Sad odaat d Souss Us
Of worship in So Hs e having dRgrc been move secSs Sa
uses IL is situated the Of Beekman and Cliff
: sSS STmoS S%G SSron Re granted by the
Director General in l62 TO Philip DE TTuy court messen
ger The widow OF De Truly conveyed the property TO
William Beekman the ancestor Of the family Of that
@ fd s1ns @ ds 5 death Sy hs G0 BERyB
mans pasture Tt TaS thus aid d as v eay fbs
lots at4Beeimsn and Cliffsts. until The price
paid s625, New York currency or 6lO in American
the erection Of the chapel and Sir Peter Warren the
Command Of the eet under Anson destined for the re-
eOvery Lousburg in 1TI7 &lOo for which hberay
Chapel WAS SSt in not until ls
a SnsS s 'H notice that com@eo Of the Vestry
Trinity Church VIII meet every Friday at o'clock in the
Hail, to treat with such .wOrkmen, carpenters
and nssons as viii undertake the building and
@oTf & s ana the 0issT Of
SS Rev BarReg preached SpS
from LSyiteas XVI Rsrere,ee ny saaerqry an. me
the church vesry assembled at the charity
sobOolhouse in RectOrst near Trinity Church, built in
met by "some Of the town and neighborns clergy
sttonSed By CHARITY schOIss they went @ in
70 the 0ty Hail Here they were Joined by the Mayor
proceeded with great regularity and decorum to the
chapel where divine service performed" singular
tce would be no longer practicable Gen Washington
frequently attended divine service at St. Georges during
quent residence here President Of the United States he
had pew. St. Georges Chapel was set off as separate
parish in isi2 and IN M 1873 in addition to the six lot:
Trinity Church After this in the year 1874 the church
IRE. and rebuilt the next year by the lberaty
OF Trinity Before this calamity high iTegq,
was rebuilt this was replaced by the tower
t further SoD az Geor1e by nroySDg
dwelling house for its rector and eniarging the burial
oftiooO. During the first haltcentury Of its existence
was served from or under the immediate control Of
cated With the mlnstratons at is altar until the Rev
DR. James Minor became the incumbent, in 1915 He had
In Congress before entering the church and continued
70 minister to this congregation from his installation
parish large and iourishing there being as many
ss 90 teachers IN the attached to the
ZEN minutes late would find impossible TO obtain seat
In the edfca, Now owing TO the migration TO the upper
part Of the city, the regular attendants
Der about So though many strangers frequently swell the
congregation TO the fun capacity Of the church. It's
quaint old chandeers ts asles tagged with gray
Stones its sntquated bspsma font adorned with curious
on Of Ps% VI With h Se as Ss
nor stin upon 1t, no one OF his successors wishing
10 remove It, the memorial tablets on
Fhe walls and vaults beneath IL In
hch repose the remains Of the dead will disappear
within few days the stately old organ thesease Of
which was esteemed the handsomest In the city, has
Boon removed to Dr. Tyngs church on
Uhe remains Of DR.. Miner which reposed beneath the
nltar, were removed six moRths ago. The Rev DR. g. H.
Qyng the successor Of DR.. Miner and continued 10
pffclRte Rector until the congregation generally
peased worshpping In the Chapel and attended Divine
esrvtoe In the church OF St. George Ruthe, ford
square. BY an arrangement with tho corporation OF
Trinity Church, which had mortgage the property
h far TO prevent the Of the site FOR other
than church purposes II was made free church under
which Is the name by which 1t Is called. Te Rev.
EylVanus Reed is the minister.