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Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle
225 Lenox Avenue at 121st Street
New York, N.Y. 10027
The Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle has worshiped since 1942 in the edifice built from 1889-91 for the Lenox Avenue Unitarian Church. Charlest B. Atwood designed the Gothic Revival building that seems to be in the Romanesque style but has Gothic details. By 1919, membership at Lenox Avenue Unitarian Church had diminished substantially and the building was sold to Congregation Chebra Ukadisha B'nai Israel (Holy Sons of Israel from Kalwarie, Lithuania) when there was a large population of Jewish immigrants in the area. By the 1940s, much of the Jewish population had moved out of Harlem, and the building returned to Christian worship when it was acquired in 1942 by the Ebenezer Baptist Tabernacle. The church is within the the Mount Morris Park Historic District, designated In 1971 by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. |
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Reuben Midmer & Sons
Merrick, N.Y.
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 13 stops, 13 ranks
This organ is extant but unplayable. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
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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Violin Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
4 |
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Flute Harmonique |
61 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
61 |
8 |
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Oboe |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Celeste |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
32 |
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8 |
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Flute |
32 |
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Frank Roosevelt
New York City – Opus 508 (1891)
Tracker-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 10 stops
The first known organ at Lenox Unitarian Church was built in 1891 by Frank Roosevelt. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
Dolkart, Andrew S. and Matthew A. Postal. Guide to New York City Landmarks (Third Edition). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004.
Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Mahanor, Tali: Specifications of Reuben Midmer & Sons organ.
Photos:
Lawson, Steven E. Exterior. |
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