Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church - Brooklyn, NY
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Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

1255 Bushwick Avenue near Weirfield Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11221



Prince of Peace Lutheran Church was organized upon the merger of Grace Evangelical Lutheran and Holy Trinity Lutheran churches. The consolidated congregations worshipped in the edifice erected in 1907 for Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church on Bushwick Avenue.

Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church was founded in 1902 by the Rev. Carl F. Intemann. Charles A. Schieren, a parishioner who had been Mayor of Brooklyn from 1894-1895, advanced the money for the purchase of property on Bushwick Avenue between Weirfield and Halsey Streets, and the first building was dedicated on May 3, 1903. Under Rev. Intemann's leadership, the church grew rapidly and a larger church was planned. On March 3, 1907, the cornerstone was laid for a new building which was to be a fireproof brick and terra cotta structure. This building was dedicated on September 22, 1907.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, founded in 1914, was located on Jefferson Street near Knickerbocker Avenue.

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church disbanded in 1984. The building is now home to Holy Tabernacle Church of Deliverance.
           
M. P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 765 (1907)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 19 registers, 11 stops, 11 ranks


The following specifications of Möller's Op. 765 are from an organ notebook of Charles R. Scharpeger, who was an employee of Louis F. Mohr & Co., a longtime organ service firm in the area. Mohr overhauled the organ in 1968. Mr. Scharpeger notes that the organ was in the Prince of Peach Lutheran Church, and it had tubular action and a block chest. Pipecounts were not given but are suggested below, based on similar Möller organs of that time.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
8
   Open Diapason
61
4
   Principal
61
8
   Dulciana
61
4
   Flute Harmonique
61
8
   Melodia
61
      
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Violin Diapason
61
8
   Oboe Gamba
61
8
   Stop Diapason
61
4
  Rohr Flute
61
8
   Aeoline
61
     Tremolo  
               
Pedal Organ – 30 notes
16
   Bourdon
30
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal   Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'
    Swell to Pedal   Great to Great 4'
               
Adjustable Combinations
    Pistons No. 1-2 affecting Great Organ stops
    Pistons No. 1-2 affecting Swell Organ stops
               
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Swell Expression Pedal    
    Grand Crescendo Pedal    
    Great to Pedal Reversible    
           
Sources:
     "Ex-Mayor Schieren's Church Dedicated," The New York Times (Sept. 23, 1907).
     Haberstroh, Richard. The German Churches of Metropolitan New York: A Research Guide. New York: The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, 2000.
     "Lutheran Church Cornerstone Laid," The New York Times (March 4, 1907).
     Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
     "New Brooklyn Church Dedicated," The New York Times (May 4, 1903).
     "Rev. Carl Intemann, Church Founder, 74," The New York Times (July 14, 1952).
     Scharpeger, Charles R. Specifications of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 765 (1904). Courtesy Larry Trupiano

Illustration:
     Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. Exterior (c.1917).