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South Third Street Presbyterian Church
161 South Third Street at Fifth Street (Driggs Avenue)
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11211
The South Third Street Presbyterian (Old School), located at the corner of Fifth Street (now Driggs Avenue), was organized on April 22, 1884, by members who had seceded from First Presbyterian Church. Ground was broken for the erection of a church on July 15, 1845, and the cornerstone was laid on August 18. The new church was opened on Thanksgiving, December 4, 1845, and dedicated on Sunday, May 10, 1846. The edifice was of brick, sixty-two by seventy-five feet, with a projection of twelve by twenty feet for a tower and steeple. The congregation expended $650 for the land, $16,000 for the building, and $3,800 for the parsonage.
In 1852, extensive repairs and improvements were made in the interior of the church.
This church no longer exists. |
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E. & G.G. Hook
Boston, Mass. – Opus 435 (1867)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 16 stops, 17 ranks
The following specification was recorded by F.R. Webber (1887-1963), whose "Organ Scrapbooks" are in the possession of The Organ Historical Society Archives in Princeton, N.J. Webber's entry is dated 2-24-53, and includes the following notes:
Manuals - 58 notes
Pedal - 27 notes
Gt. Diap. CC=6 3/4" dia.
Pressure 2 3/4"
Square shanks - c. 2" draw.
14'2" wide, 6'8" deep
Dismantled Feb., 1953 |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 58 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon [TC] |
46 |
8 |
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Dulciana [TC] |
46 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
58 |
4 |
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Octave |
58 |
8 |
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Melodia Treble |
46 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
58 |
8 |
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Melodia Bass * |
12 |
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Mixture, 2 ranks |
116 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason Bass * |
12 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
58 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 58 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Open Diapason [TC] |
46 |
4 |
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Violina |
58 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason Treble |
46 |
8 |
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Oboe [TC] |
46 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason Bass |
12 |
8 |
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Bassoon |
12 |
8 |
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Keraulophone [TC] |
46 |
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Tremulant |
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4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
58 |
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Pedal Organ – 27 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
27 |
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8 |
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Hohl Flöte |
27 |
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Couplers
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Swell to Pedal |
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* as recorded by F.R. Webber, although it makes no sense to have two bass stops on the same manual |
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Great |
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Ferris & Stuart
New York City (1859)
Mechanical action
The first known organ for South Third Street Presbyterian Church was built in 1859 by Ferris & Stuart of New York City. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located.
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Sources:
Stiles, Henry Reed. History of the City of Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn: 1867-70.
Webber, F.R. "Organ scrapbook" at Organ Historical Society Archives, Princeton, N.J. Specification of E. & G.G. Hook organ, Op. 435 (1867). Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
Illustration:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection: postcard (1900). |
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