Church in the fort had stone walls a slate roof, and some windows with stained glass containing coats of arms made by Evert Duykinck.
A 1642 contract for the stone work with the John and Richard Ogden gives detailed dimensions.
Stokes (I:58) about the Church of St. Nicholas in the fort at New Amsterdam needing repairs in 1656: "Evert Duyckinck, the New Amsterdam glazier, put in the church glass panes, bearing painted coats of arms, for each of the members of the city court."
These were the members of the city court in 1656: Cornelius van Tienhoven, Allard Anthony, Oloff Stevensen, Jacob Strycker, Jan Vinje, Johannes Van Brugge, Willem Beeckman, and Hendricks Kip.
Extract from the official records of October 9, 1656 (Singleton, 43): “Evert Duyckinck requests by petition to be informed from whom he is to receive payment for the glass which he put in the church for Schout, Burgomasters and Schepens, demanding 2 ½ beavers for each. The Court decided the petitioner shall go to each one for whom the glass was made for his payment either in trade, or as he can agree the same.”