The Chapel itself has simplicity and the charm of long ago. It may remind one of a Shaker interior, with wooden settees, clear glass windows with gothic type upper arch, small pulpit in the front, and a black cast iron, flat topped wood-burning stove of the 1870 period. There is an unusual large recessed dome in the center ceiling. Miss Minnie Burgess has kindly let me examine a hand written account in her possession of the early days of the Chapel by her aunt, Ruth Anna Manter, of an account she wrote and read in the Chapel about 1940. “Before the years 1865-1867 the people living in this neighborhood held their meetings in the school house. Services were well attended and they had a Sunday School. “In the year 1868 they began to talk about building this Chapel. The women formed a sewing society, quilting bed quilts and doing other kinds of work. “The lot was given by I. S. Burgess who owned a house on the South Side where the Chapel now stands. There was a big rock on his land which they blasted to make the underpinning for the Chapel. Sylvanus W. Burgess having charge of that work, I. S. Burgess being head carpenter. Seth Burgess, Henry Sampson, Braman Bennett, Phineas Burgess, Truman Sampson, William Pierce, George Manter, Seth Bennett were some of the helpers. “As near as I can remember the chapel was ready for use in 1874 or 5. “This history is written by Ruth Manter who seems to be the only one to remember what took place here 71 years ago. Signed Ruth A. Manter.” Miss Minnie Burgess also possesses a record book of the organizing of the Society, _Plymouth, South Ponds, Apr. 4, 1870. Reckords of the Organization of the Union Evangelical Society_. The names listed give an indication of some of the families living in the South Pond village area at the time. Expressing a desire to be legally organized, the undersigned were: Isaac Burgess Seth Burgess William Burgess Sylvanus Sampson Sylvanus S. Bennett Chriss Bennett Solomon Holmes Nelson L. Sampson Sylvanus W. Burgess Truman Sampson Aaron Sampson Henry H. Sampson Barzilla Holmes Frederick Burgess Seth Bassett Gustavus G. Sampson Charlotte Burgess Ruth Burgess Aseneth Sampson Harriet L. Burgess Sarah H. Burgess At the meeting of December 8, 1870, Article 4 was adopted which explained the denominational constituency, a truly ecumenical move forward: Free Will Baptists Calvinist Baptists Christian Baptists Methodists Congregationalists Advent At a meeting of March 6, 1871 the following women for the first time were admitted as members: Charlotte Burgess (daughter of Phineas) Ruth Burgess (wife of Isaac) Aseneth Burgess Harriet L. Burgess (wife of Phineas Franklin Burgess) Charlotte T. Burgess (wife of Phineas) Sarah H. Burgess (wife of Seth Burgess)