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Church of the Holy Cross
(Roman Catholic)
61-21 56th Road
Maspeth (Queens), N.Y. 11378
The Church of the Holy Cross was established in 1912 to serve the Polish Catholics living in Maspeth, Queens. Prior to this time the Poles had to travel to Elmshurst for Mass, but in 1908 the parishioners organized the Society of St. Joseph and took steps to build a church of their own, petitioning the Cardinal over twenty-six times before permission was finally granted. On Christmas Day 1912, the Rev. Adalbert Nawrocki was put in charge of the new parish and plans were made for a church building. The cornerstone was laid on June 22, 1913, and the first Mass in the completed church building was celebrated on October 1 of that year. Designed in the Roman style, the church provided seating for 800 and included three beautiful marble altars, stained-glass windows, artistic Stations of the Cross, and two sacristies. In the tower belfry was placed a chime of bells. The church was dedicated on November 30, 1913.
Adjoining the church was the school, a stone building that accomodated 1600 children in eight classrooms. The building included a gymnasium plus different rooms for the Sokoly Society and for meetings and celebrations. |
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George H. Ryder
Boston, Mass. – Opus 86 (c.1878)
Rebuilt by Bozeman-Gibson
Deerfield, N.H. – Opus 3 (1973)
Mechanical action
2 manuals, 11 stops, 13 ranks
The organ in the Church of the Holy Cross was built c.1878 by George H. Ryder of Boston, Mass., for the State Prison in Concord, Mass. In 1973, the Bozeman-Gibson Company of Deerfield, N.H., rebuilt this organ as their Opus 3. |
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Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
61 |
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8 |
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Bourdon |
61 |
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4 |
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Octave |
61 |
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2 |
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Fifteenth (new) |
61 |
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1 1/3 |
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Mixture III ranks (new) |
183 |
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Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
61 |
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8 |
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Viola |
61 |
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4 |
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Flute |
61 |
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2 |
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Principal (new) |
61 |
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8 |
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Oboe |
61 |
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Tremulant |
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Pedal Organ – 30 notes
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16 |
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Sub Bass |
30 |
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Couplers
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Swell to Great |
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Great to Pedal |
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Swell to Pedal |
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Unknown Builder
Electro-pneumatic action
Wurlitzer or theatre-style organ
Organ builder Larry Trupiano of Brooklyn recalls George Bozeman stating that the organ preceding his Opus 3 was a "Wurlitzer" organ. Mr. Trupiano is unsure if the organ was actually built by Wurlitzer or Bozeman's way of saying it was an old theatre organ. Specifications of this organ have not yet been located. |
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Sources:
The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X, Vol. III. New York: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914.
George Bozeman, Jr. and Company web site: http://www.bozemanorgan.com/
Trupiano, Larry. Electronic correspondence (2/19/2013) regarding the existing organ that preceded Bozeman-Gibson Op. 3.
Illustration:
Google Street View. Exterior. |
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