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Former Charles Millard Pratt Mansion
245 Clinton Avenue |
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Former George
Pratt Residence
232 Clinton Avenue
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St. Joseph's College for Women
245 Clinton Avenue at Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11205
St. Joseph's College for Women was founded by the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Brentwood, in response to the need for a day
college for young women. The college received its
provisional charter from the Regents of the University of the
State of New York on February 24, 1916. After the college outgrew
its original Brooklyn facilities
at 286 Washington Avenue, it moved to its present site
at 245 Clinton Avenue in 1918, occupying the former residence
of George Pratt.
In 1936, the college purchased the Charles Millard Pratt mansion, at 232
Clinton Avenue, for use as a convent and chapel for the Sisters
of St. Joseph.
In 1970, a Charter amendment changed the
name to St. Joseph's College, enabling the college
to admit the first male students
to full matriculation. In 1972, the Board of Regents
of the State of New York authorized St. Joseph's College
to join Long Island University
C.W. Post Campus, in a Coordinate Campus program, the first
such pattern adopted in the State. In 1976, this Suffolk
County operation was authorized
by the Regents to operate as a branch campus.
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Geo. Kilgen & Son
St. Louis, Mo. – Opus 5442 (1935)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 18 registers, 3 ranks
This organ was built in 1935 by Geo. Kilgen & Son of St. Louis, and
was presumably installed in the chapel of the Convent
of the Sisters of St. Joseph, located at 232 Clinton
Avenue. The organ is one of Kilgen's models known as
a "Petit Ensemble" with
three ranks of pipes.
At an unknown time, the organ was purchased from a New
York City organ technician by Mr. Sean Griggs of Seattle,
Wash., for installation (with
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Violin Diapason |
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4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
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4 |
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Dulcet |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
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2 2/3 |
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Viola Nazard |
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4 |
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Viola |
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2 |
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Violetta |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
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2 |
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Violetta |
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8 |
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Violin Diapason |
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Blank tab (red) |
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
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Tremolo (entire organ) |
4 |
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Viola |
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4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
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4 |
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Viola |
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
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4 |
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Flute |
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Accessories
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Wind & Current Indicator Light |
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Crescendo Pedal |
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Crescendo Indicator Light |
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Stop Analysis |
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Pipes |
16 |
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Bourdon/Gedeckt |
85 |
8 |
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Violin Diapason |
73 |
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Dulcet |
61 |
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Total |
219 |
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Sources:
Stettner, James R. Specification
of Geo. Kilgen & Son
organ, Op. 5442 (1935).
Illustrations:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1936). Exterior.
St. Joseph's College for Women at 245 Clinton Avenue.
King, Moses. King’s Views of Brooklyn.
New York: Moses King, 1904. Exterior: George Pratt residence
at 232 Clinton Avenue. |
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