Show CHURCH TO BE NATIONAL SHRINE w VA V r il J W MD view showing old st pauls in mount vernon vemon and a corner comer of the graveyard this structure was once used as bead headquarters quarters by general washington A plan is afoot to restore it because of its alsoc assoc associations a eions with the count rya rys early life plan a PI jam to restore old st pauls paul s in mt vernon vemon announcement that thai st pauls last east chester episcopal church in mount vernon would be made into a national natio nul historic and religious shrine recalls that the original church of that name was built before igge it Is the plan of the rector rev W harold weigle resident chaplain of the episcopal actors guilt guild and his vestry to restore the present church which Is one ode hundred sixty beven heven years old to establish a museum find and to build an outdoor sanctuary in one corner of the graveyard A drive fur for with which to make the alie transformation Is being started by the parish st pauls Easte liester Is older by a few years than st pauls chapel broadway Ero adway ard fulton street which was built by the british and later became part of the trinity parish of the protestant episcopal church the parish of st SL pauls Enit chester gt gins es mud further back and is one of the oldest in america hospital in revolution services have been held there for years with only one break that was v when lien the building was commandeered as a hospital in the revolutionary war the church stands near the intersection of south columbus avenue and south third avenue mount vernon verdon accessible by way of th the e boston post road or the road station of the new york westchester and boston railroad it was a center of worship before there was its a good road to 1 loston boston it has a churchyard with dating back ar 21 16 years or 72 years before our government was founded aaron burr practiced law there when the church was used as a courthouse the names of many families linked to the early development of our country were on oil the rolls of the old ter chuch chardi ground fought over located in tile the very path of the revolutionary st pauls was in the area tru traversed verRell in going to connecticut und and new englund england jest just eighteen mills miles north of the settlement of new york I 1 ork the strip between long island sound and the hudson was tile the famous neutral ground of american history because it was not for long in tile the hands altier of the brit arlt ish or the colonials the present stone edifice stands on the very spot occupied by tile the first meeting house and Is the third bull building which has served the IRr parish lIi surrounding Enst chester green it appears to have started near an indian putli path which subsequently became road it was railed called in the early days after anne hutchinson it retained this title until when by royal charter it was enacted that 11 1 1 the plantation shall continue and retain e name of east ol chester lester the name was taken from that of chester england |