Church of the Holy Innocents
(Protestant Episcopal)
151 West 136th Street
New York, N.Y. 10030
The Protestant Episcopal Church of the Holy Innocents was organized in 1875, and was admitted to the Episcopal Convention in 1877. The society was located at 145th Street and Eighth Avenue until 1884, when they relocated to 153 West 136th Street. In 1889, the congregation merged with the Church of the Nativity, forming the Church of the Holy Nativity. At an unknown time, Holy Nativity merged with Church of the Redeemer, and the combined congregation remained at this location until it closed in 1914. |
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Hilborne L. Roosevelt
New York City – Opus 58 (1881)
Mechanical action
1 manual, 3 stops, 3 ranks
This small organ was built in 1881 by Hilborne L. Roosevelt for Holy Innocents Episcopal Church. The property was later occupied by the Church of the Holy Nativity (1889-1897) and then the Church of the Redeemer (1897-1914). At an unknown time, possibly when the church was sold in 1914, the Roosevelt organ was moved to a Methodist Church in Rochester, N.Y. |
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Manual – 58 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason, Treble |
46 |
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8 |
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Open Diapason, Bass |
12 |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
58 |
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Pedal – 13 notes
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16 |
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Bourdon |
13 |
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Coupler
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Manual Octaves |
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Mechanical Accessories
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Pedal Check |
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Bellows Signal |
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Pedal Movements
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Organ in church at 37th Street and Broadway:
George Jardine & Son
New York City (1858)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 20 stops
According to the American Musical Directory (1861), the organ in Holy Innocents Church had "2 banks of keys, 20 stops, 1½ octaves of pedals" and was "Built by Jardine & Son, in 1858." Specifications for this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
American Musical Directory. New York: Thomas Hutchinson, 1861.
Glück, Sebastian. Specifications of Hilborne L. Roosevelt Organ, Op. 58 (1881).
"Hilborne L. Roosevelt, Manufacturer of Church, Chapel, Concert and Chamber Organs," catalog pub. by Roosevelt Organ Works (Dec. 1888); republished by The Organ Literature Foundation (Braintree, Mass., 1978). Courtesy Sand Lawn and David Scribner.
Inventory of the Church Archives of New York City. Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Diocese of New York (Manhattan, Bronx, Richmond, Vol. 2). New York: The Historical Records Survey Division of Professional and Service Projects, Work Projects Administration, 1940. Courtesy Wayne Kempton.
"Sale of a Church," The New York Times (Nov. 29, 1866).
"Union of Two Churches," The New York Times (Apr. 7, 1889). |
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