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Church of the Ascension
(Episcopal)
127 Kent Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11222
http://www.ascensionbrooklyn.org/
The story of the Church of the Ascension began in 1846 when a group of Episcopalians starting holding worship services in Greenpoint. In October 1852, the Rev. Edward Babcock accepted a call to the parish and recommended a church be built. Three lots were purchased from Captain Bliss on the then-unopened street known as K Street (now Kent Street) on what is now the site of the rectory. On July 5, 1853, the cornerstone of the church was laid and the first service in the small wood-frame building was held on Sunday, October 23, 1853. After the debt was retired, the building was consecrated by Provincial Bishop Horatio Potter on May 19, 1857.
By the 1860s, the parish had grown tremendously and needed more space. Additional land was donated by Mr. J.W. Valentine and Thomas Fitch Rowland, the builder of the Civil War submarine, USS Monitor. Construction began on the present building on May 17, 1864, and the cornerstone was laid on March 23, 1865 by Bishop Potter. Designed by Henry Dudley in an Early English Gothic style, the completed church was used for the first time in September 1866. The original church was then known as the Chapel and was used for Sunday school until the present rectory was moved onto the site. On Ascension Day 1885, the new church was consecrated by the Rt. Rev. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, the first Bishop of Long Island, and ground was broken for the parish hall.
The parish hall opened in May 1889, and in the early 1900s was used to house a theater group. On October 1, 1985, a two-alarm fired destroyed the parish hall, but it was quickly rebuilt and opened on October 18, 1986.
The Church of the Ascension is the oldest church in Greenpoint. |
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Wicks Organ Company
Highland, Ill. – Opus 2929 (1948)
Direct-Electric key action
2 manuals, 21 registers, 5 stops, 5 ranks
In 1948, the Wicks Organ Company installed an organ that had five unified ranks. The organ is enclosed in one expression box. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
A |
4 |
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Octave |
A |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
B |
4 |
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Flute |
B |
8 |
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Viola |
C |
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Chimes |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
D |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Lieblich Bourdon |
B |
4 |
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Dulciana |
D |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
A |
2 2/3 |
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Dulciana Twelfth |
D |
8 |
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Stopped Flute |
B |
2 |
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Dulciana Fifteenth |
D |
8 |
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Viola |
C |
8 |
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Cornopean |
E |
8 |
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Dulciana |
D |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
B |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
B |
8 |
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Cello |
C |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
A |
4 |
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Flute |
B |
8 |
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Flauto Dolce |
B |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Great 16', 4', Unison Silent |
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Swell 16', 4', Unison Silent |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Adjustable Combinations
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-0 affecting Great stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-0 affecting Swell stops |
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Pistons No. 1-2-3-0 affecting Pedal stops |
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General Cancel |
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Pedal Movements
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Sforzando |
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Setter |
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Stop Analysis |
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Pipes |
A |
16 |
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Bourdon |
85 |
B |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
C |
8 |
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Viola |
61 |
D |
8 |
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Dulciana |
85 |
E |
8 |
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Cornopean |
61 |
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Total |
365 |
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Ferris & Stuart
New York City (1859)
Mechanical action
1 manual
The first known organ for Church of the Ascension was built in 1859 by Ferris & Stuart of New York City. Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
Church of the Ascension website: http://www.ascensionbrooklyn.org/
Kloda, Barry. Specifications of Wicks Organ, Op. 2929 (1948).
Illustration:
Google Street View. Exterior. |
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