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Washington Square United Methodist Church
135 West Fourth Street
New York, N.Y. 10014
Washington Square United Methodist Church had a long history, having emerged from the Sullivan Street Methodist Episcopal Church, a reorganized Episcopal group organized in 1842. After the congregation moved to West Fourth Street into a Romanesque Revival building designed by Charles Hadden and built between 1859-60, the name was changed to Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church. The old edifice, located at 149 Sullivan Street near Prince Street, was then sold to the Church of St. Anthony of Padua. In 1893, a merger took place with Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, which was located across Washington Square.
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Washington Square Church was known as the "Peace Church" due to its anti-war activism during the Vietnam War. The congregation had long been welcoming to gays and lesbians in New York, and was the site of the Harvey Milk School of lesbian and gay youth. The Rev. Paul M. Abels was the first openly gay minister in a major Christian denomination, serving as pastor from from 1973-1984.
In November 2004, after 144 years on West Fourth Street, the congregation sold its building to a real estate developer, and the building was transformed into luxury apartments. In the summer of 2005, three United Methodist congregations — Washington Square, Metropolitan-Duane and Church of All Nations — merged to form the Church of the Village; the combined congregations meet in the former Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church on Seventh Avenue. |
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J.H. & C.S. Odell
New York City – Opus 378 (1901)
Tubular-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 25 stops, 29 ranks
The last organ in Washington Square Church was built in 1901 by J.H. & C.S. Odell of New York City. Odell employed their patented tubular-pneumatic action to control the keys and stops. An entry in the Odell Ledger Book (p. 570) states that this organ cost $5,300 less a $500 allowance for the 'Old Organ' (Levi U. Stuart, 1861).
In 1957, Odell replaced the original flat pedalboard with one that was radiating and concave.
At the time of this organ's removal (in 2005), the organ was in good physical condition and was thought to be the only extant Odell organ with tubular-pneumatic action. |
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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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Harmonic Flute |
61 |
8 |
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Gamba |
61 |
2 2/3 |
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Octave Quint |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
2 |
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Super Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Dopple Flute (wood) |
61 |
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Mixture III ranks |
183 |
4 |
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Octave |
61 |
8 |
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Trumpet |
61 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon (wood, div. slider) |
61 |
4 |
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Flauto Traverso (wood) |
61 |
8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
4 |
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Violina |
61 |
8 |
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Salicional |
61 |
2 |
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Flageolet (conical) |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Celestis [TC] |
49 |
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Cornet III ranks |
183 |
8 |
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Aeoline |
61 |
8 |
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Orchestral Oboe |
61 |
8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
8 |
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Vox Humana |
61 |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Open Diapason |
30 |
8 |
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Violoncello |
30 |
16 |
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Bourdon (wood) |
30 |
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Mechanical Accessories
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Great to Pedal [reversible] |
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Pedal Organ Forte |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Pedal Organ Piano |
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Swell to Great [reversible] |
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Tremulant |
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Swell to Great 4' |
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Four piston combinations on Great |
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Four piston combinations on Swell |
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Levi U. Stuart
New York City (1861)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 17 stops, 19 ranks
The original organ in the new Washington Square Methodist Church was built in 1861 by Levi U. Stuart of New York City. Stuart provided a decorated Italianate case to contain the organ. When J.H. & C.S. Odell installed their new organ in 1901, the Stuart organ was sold (for $1000) to St. Mary Roman Catholic Church in Canton, N.Y., where it was extant but in poor condition in 2012. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 56 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
56 |
4 |
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Rohr Flute [TC] |
44 |
8 |
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Dolce [TC] |
44 |
2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
56 |
8 |
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Stop Diapason Bass |
12 |
2 |
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Fifteenth |
56 |
8 |
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Stop Diapason Treble [TC] |
44 |
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Sesquialtera, 3 ranks |
168 |
4 |
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Principal |
56 |
8 |
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Trumpet [TC] |
44 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 56 notes, enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon Bass |
12 |
4 |
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Principal Bass |
12 |
16 |
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Bourdon Treble [TC] |
44 |
4 |
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Principal Treble [TC] |
44 |
8 |
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Open Diapason [TC] |
44 |
2 |
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Fifteenth [TC] |
44 |
8 |
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Dulciana [TC] |
44 |
8 |
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Hautboy [TC] |
44 |
8 |
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Stop Diapason Bass |
12 |
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Vox Tremulant |
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8 |
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Stop Diapason Treble [TC] |
44 |
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Pedal Organ – 25 notes
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16 |
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Open Diapason |
25 |
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Couplers, &c
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Great & Swell Coupler |
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Pedal Check |
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Pedal & Swell Coupler |
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Hitch-down Swell |
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Pedal & Great Coupler |
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Organ in Sullivan Street Methodist Episcopal Church
George Jardine
New York City (1842)
Mechanical action
Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Finch, Thomas. "The Stuart Organ," web site of St. Mary's R.C. Church, Canton, N.Y.: https://sites.google.com/site/cantoncatholics/home/parish-history
Nelson, George. Organs in the United States and Canada Database. Seattle, Wash.
Nickerson's Illustrated Church, Musical and School Directory of New York and Brooklyn. New York: Nickerson & Young, 1895.
J.H. & C.S. Odell Organs web site: http://www.odellorgans.com
Trupiano, Larry. Specifications of Levi U. Stuart organ (1861) and info from J.H. & C.S. Odell Ledger Book.
Washington Square United Methodist Church web site. (no longer active)
Illusrations:
J.H. & C.S. Odell Organs web site.
Nickerson's Illustrated Church, Musical and School Directory of New York and Brooklyn. Exterior. |
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