Cornerstone Temple Methodist Episcopal Church - Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Greenpoint Methodist Episcopal Church

Manhattan Avenue, opposite Noble Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11222


Organ Specifications:
112-116 Meserole Avenue, near Manhattan Ave. (1921-?)
• unknown (Jesse Woodberry moved?)
955 Manhattan Avenue at Noble Street (1870-1921)
► III/30 Jesse Woodberry & Co., Op. 221 (1904)
• Henry Erben (1874) – Sunday School room?
• II/24s E. & G.G. Hook, Op. 530 (1870)


Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church - Brooklyn, N.Y.  
Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church  
The Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church in Greenpoint was organized in 1863 by members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, a large and thriving church located on Manhattan Avenue near Java Street. Construction began in 1869 on a substantial and commodious brick building on Manhattan Avenue opposite Noble Street. The church measured 90 by 60 feet and the auditorium, finished in black walnut and chestnut, could accomodate 1,200 people. At the rear of the church was an extension building that included class rooms, an infant nursery, and a parlour. The completed edifice was dedicated by Bishop Janes on February 17, 1870. On January 5, 1902, fire destroyed the organ in the back of the church and considerably damaged the interior of the auditorium.

In 1911, the Greenpoint Tabernacle and First Methodist congregations merged, with services held in the Greenwood Tabernacle building. The consolidated congregation became known as Greenpoint Methodist Episcopal Church. This congregation no longer exists.
           
Jesse Woodberry & Co.
Boston, Mass. – Opus 221 (1904)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 28 stops, 30 ranks


The following specification is from the files of Louis F. Mohr & Co., a longtime organ service firm in the New York City area.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes
8
  Open Diapason
61
4
  Wald Flute
61
8
  Viol d'Gamba
61
2 2/3
  Octave Quint
61
8
   Doppel Flöte
61
2
   Super Octave
61
4
   Octave
61
8
   Trumpet
61

     

     
Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  Bourdon Bass
12
4
   Gemshorn
61
16
  Bourdon Treble
49
4
   Flute Harmonic
61
8
  Open Diapason
61
2
   Flautino
61
8
  Stopped Diapason
61
     Dolce Cornet, 3 ranks
183
8
   Salicional
61
8
   Oboe
61
8
   Voix Celeste [TC]
49
8
   Vox Humana
61
8
   Aeoline
61
     Tremolo  
               
Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
   Geigen Principal
61
4
   Flute d'Amour
61
8
   Concert Flute
61
8
   Clarinet
61
8
   Dulciana
61
     Tremolo  

     

     
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
  Open Diapason
30
8
   Violoncello
GT
16
   Bourdon
30
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal     Choir to Great 16', 8'
    Swell to Pedal     Swell to Choir
    Choir to Pedal     Great to Great 16'
    Pedal to Pedal 8' [sic] - octaves     Swell to Swell 16'
    Swell to Great 8', 4'      
               
Combinations
    buttons (no other information)          
               
Pedal Movements
    Swell Pedal       Great to Pedal Reversible
    Crescendo Pedal          
               
Mechanicals
    Wind Indicator   Bellows Signal
    Crescendo Indicator    
           
Henry Erben
New York City (1874)
Mechanical action


This organ may have been installed in the 600-seat Lecture Room in the Tabernacle basement. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.
           
E. & G.G. Hook
Boston, Mass. – Opus 530 (1870)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 24 stops


The original organ in the Greenpoint Tabernacle was built in 1870 by E. & G.G. Hook of Boston at a cost of $3,000. On January 5, 1902, the organ was destroyed by fire that broke out in the back of the Tabernacle. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.
           
Sources:
     "Churches are Reunited; Democrats May Be Saved," Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Nov. 10, 1910).
     Cyclopædia of Methodisim. Embracing Sketches of Its Rise, Progress and Present Condition, with Biographical Notices and Numerous Illustrations. Matthew Simpson, editor. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883.
     "Fire Routs Epworth League," The New York Times (Jan. 6, 1902).
     "Greenpoint Methodist Nearing Centennial," Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Feb. 8, 1947).
     "Greenpoint Tabernacle," Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Mar. 12, 1870).
     Mohr, Louis F. & Co. Specification of Jesse Woodberry & Co. Organ, Op. 221 (1904). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
     Stiles, Henry Reed. History of the City of Brooklyn: Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh. Brooklyn: pub. by subscription, 1863.

Illustrations:
     Drawing (c.1921) of Cornerstone Temple Methodist Church. Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library.
     Cyclopædia of Methodisim. Drawing of Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church.