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Union Baptist Church
461 Decatur Street, between Ralph and Patchen Avenues
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11233
The Union Baptist Church was known until 1945 as Immanuel Congregational Church, and also as St. Mark's Congregational Church. Immanuel Congregational Church was formed by the union of the Rochester Avenue and Patchen Avenue Congregational Churches.
Located on Decatur Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, the Renaissance Revival-style building was designed by Axel S. Hedman who specified a façade of yellow Roman brick. The church was built in 1898 and dedicated in September 1898.
In 2006, the Union Baptist Church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. |
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John Brown
Wilmington, Del. (c.1898)
Tubular-pneumatic action?
2 manuals, 11 stops, 11 ranks
The following specification is from the files of Louis F. Mohr & Co., an organ service firm in the area. Mohr's typed sheet for Immanuel Congregational Church, dated March 1910, shows that the organ had a plain oak case, pipes in green and gold, and a wind pressure of 3½ inches. Mohr did not indicate the type of key action and neglected to include the Pedal stop(s), but we will assume the organ had a lone 16' Bourdon in the Pedal.
John Brown (1851-1912) was an English-born organbuilder who worked with Henry Willis & Sons of London, and with the Roosevelt Organ Works of New York City. He established the Brown Organ Co. of Wilmington, Del., c.1885, where he worked until retiring to Philadelphia in 1898. He was succeeded by his son, Frank. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Viola |
61 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
2 |
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Flautina |
61 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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8 |
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Vox Celeste |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 27 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
27 |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Great |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Swell to Great, Octave |
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Pedal Movements
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2 Combination Pedals on Great |
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Bellows Signal |
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Balanced Swell Pedal |
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Ross Motor (not used) |
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Great to Pedal Reversible |
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Wind indicator at console |
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Sources:
Mohr, Louis F. & Co. Specifications (March 1910) of John Brown organ (1898?). Courtesy Larry Trupiano.
"New Brooklyn Churches," Brooklyn Eagle (July 16, 1898).
"Voted to Unite," Brooklyn Eagle (July 10, 1897).
Illustration:
Ficara, Ken. Exterior. |
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