The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879 page 212
City of Auburn

ceeded Mr. Frisbee and continued his labors with them till May, 1878, when William B. F. Marshall, the present pastor, took charge of their spiritual interests. The present membership is twenty, and the attendance at Sabbath School about the same number.

Their services were first held for nearly a year in Markham Hall, afterwards in the City Hall. In 1872 they were held over 80 Genesee street, and in 1874 the society removed to a room over Richardson's livery, near the corner of Genesee and South streets. Since the fall of 1877 their meetings have been held in the court-house. In 1870, the church bought a lot on Mechanic St., near the Big Dam, on which, in 1874, they built the stone foundation for a church edifice, but they have not been able to gather sufficient funds to further their object beyond that point.

CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.----This, the fourth and youngest of the Presbyterian churches in Auburn, received from the elevated ground on which it stands the name of Calvary. The lot was the gift of the late James S. Seymour. It forms the western apex of a triangle between Franklin and Capitol streets. The neat and pretty church building which looks down Franklin street, consists of the identical materials which composed the First Presbyterian Church before it was taken down to make room for the splendid Gothic structure which succeeded it. These materials Mr. Seymour transported to the lot he had donated and put them up at his own expense on a somewhat reduced scale. A religious society was formed and the lot and building made over to the elected trustees by the generous donor. The building received in his homor the name of Seymour Chapel. On the 20th of November, 1870, a church was organized with a membership of twenty-five persons, by Rev. Dr. Charles Hawley, who preached the sermon, and religious services were regularly held. The church has enjoyed the pastoral services of Revs. H. S. Huntington, M. Woolsey Striker, and J. B. Stewart, the latter of whom is the present pastor. The present membership of the church is about one hundred. Mr. Seymour, by his will, endowed the chapel bearing his name with the sum of $12,000. The name was changed as above at the organization of the church.

ST. LUCAS' CHURCH, (German Evangelical Lutheran,) on Seminary avenue, was organzied March 16th, 1873, by Rev. Charles Shopflin, of Syracuse. The first members were Frederick Hartmann, Charles Strohmenger, H. Traub, Jno. Smith, William Rabtto, Peter Jeckel and Jno. Miller. Their first pastor was Charles Shopflin, who served them one year, and was succeeded by Adam Burkhard, whose pastoral labors covered a period of one and one-half years. Their next pastor was Zur Nedden, who served them a like period. George Teld, their present pastor, came from Buffalo, and commenced his labors with this church February 1st, 1878. Their meetings were held first for a year and a half in the rooms of the Y. M. C. A., and for a like period in St. George's Hall. They now worship in the seminary building. Their church edifice is in process of erection, and will cost, when completed, about $6,000. The sotnes unsed in the basement of this church composed the west wing of the old Auburn Theological Seminary building, which was bought by Mr. H. Traub in 1877, and generously donated to this society. The superstructure is of brick. The dimensions of the building are 80 by 38 feet, and will have a seating capacity for 450 persons. The church comprises about thirty families. The average attendance at Sabbath School is fifty.

CHAPTER XXIX

HISTORY OF AUBURN, (CONTINUED)

FIRST LIBARY--SCHOOL LIBRARIES--SEYMOUR LIBRARY--ORGANIZATION AND HISTORY OF THE WATER WORKS COMPANY--THE AUBURN GAS LIGHT COMPANY--THE AUBURN STEAM HEATING COMPANY--FIRE PROTECTION AS IT WAS AND IS--DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE AUBURN BAR--PRESENT LAWYERS--VILLAGE AND CITY ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS.

The diary of Gov. DeWitt Clinton, who visited Auburn in his travels in 1810, shows, in connection with his description of the settlement at that time, that Auburn then had an incorporated library of 220 volumes.

SCHOOL LIBRARIES.--Nothwithstanding the

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