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Church of Our Lady of Victory
(Roman Catholic)
60 William Street at Pine Street
New York, N.Y. 10005
http://www.wscya.org/olov/
Our Lady of Victory Church was established in 1944 by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York and Military Vicar of the Armed Forces, at a time when victory in the war was in sight but not yet assured. The parish occupied temporary quarters at 23 William Street until the present church was built on land donated by Major Edward Bowes. Located on the southeast corner of William and Pine Streets in the Financial District, the red brick church was designed in the basilican style by Eggers & Higgins and was completed in 1946. Cardinal Spellman dedicated the church on June 23, 1947.
The church primarily serves the large population of office workers in the Financial District, offering six Masses each weekday and daily confessions. Our Lady of Victory is known as the War Memorial Church, and at the front door there is a quotation from Cardinal Spellman:
"This Holy Shrine is dedicated to Our Lady of Victory
in Thanksgiving for Victory won by our valiant dead,
our soldier’s blood, our country’s tears, shed to defend men’s rights and win back men’s hearts to God.”
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Allen Organ Company
Macungie, Penn. (c.2010)
Electronic tonal production
2 manuals
The present organ is an electronic instrument built by Allen Organ Company. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Kilgen Organ Company
St. Louis, Mo. – Opus 7748 (1955)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 22 stops, 11 ranks
The first-known pipe organ in Our Lady of Victory Church was built in 1956 by the Kilgen Organ Company of St. Louis. Two chambers, one on either side of the gallery, housed the pipes, and the console was located in the center. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Diapason [unit] |
85 |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth [ext.] |
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8 |
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Flute d'Natabe |
61 |
2 |
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Fifteenth [ext.] |
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8 |
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Gemshorn |
61 |
8 |
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French Horn |
61 |
4 |
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Principal [ext.] |
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Chimes |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Violin Diapason |
73 |
4 |
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Flute d'Amour [ext.] |
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8 |
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Chimney Flute [unit] |
85 |
2 2/3 |
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Nasard [ext.] |
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8 |
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Viole de Gamba |
73 |
2 |
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Piccolo [ext.] |
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8 |
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Viole Celeste [TC] |
61 |
8 |
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English Horn |
73 |
4 |
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Geigen Octave [ext.] |
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Tremolo |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Violone |
32 |
8 |
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Bass Flute [ext.] |
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16 |
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Bourdon [unit] |
44 |
8 |
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Gedect |
SW |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedect [ext. SW] |
12 |
4 |
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Block Flute |
SW |
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Couplers
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Great to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Great 16', 4', Unison Off |
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Swell to Pedal 8', 4' |
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Swell 16', 4', Unison Off |
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Swell to Great 16', 8', 4' |
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Sources:
Allen Organ Company web site: http://www.allenorgan.com
Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
Our Lady of Victory Church web site: http://www.wscya.org/olov/
Trupiano, Larry. Specifications of Kilgen Organ Co. organ, Op. 7748 (1955).
Illustrations:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online. Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc., photographers: exterior (1947).
Our Lady of Victory Church web site. Interior. |
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