Emanuel A.M.E. Church - New York City (credit: Paul Lowry)
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Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church

37 West 119th Street
New York, N.Y. 10026





Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1914, and its first church was located at 148 West 62nd Street in the area known as San Juan Hill. In 1926, Emanuel A.M.E. Church followed the migration of African-Americans to Harlem, relocating to its present edifice on West 119th Street between Fifth Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem. The present church building was designed by George G. Jones and built in 1887 for the First Reformed Presbyterian Church. The church has also been the home of Lenox Avenue Union Church–Disciples of Christ; and Congregation Mount Zion, which merged with Congregation Peni-El to form the Unity Synagogue.
               
Wicks Organ Company
Highland, Ill. – Opus 1385 (1935)
Direct-Electric ® action
2 manuals, 23 stops, 10 ranks
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  Open Diapason [TC]
    Great to Great 16'  
8
  Open Diapason
73
    Great to Great 4'  
8
  Melodia
73
    Unison Off  
8
  Dulciana
61
    Chimes  
8
  Gamba
61
    Swell to Great 16'  
4
  Octave [ext.]
    Swell to Great 8'  
4
  Flute [ext.]
    Swell to Great 4'  
               
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
  Bourdon [unit]
97
2
  Piccolo [ext.]
8
  Violin Diapason
73
8
  Cornopean
61
8
  Stopped Diapason
8
  Syn. Oboe
8
  Salicional
61
    Tremulant  
8
  Vox Celeste [TC]
49
    Swell to Swell 16'  
4
  Violina [ext.]
    Swell to Swell 4'  
4
  Flute d'Amour [ext.]
    Unison Off  
2 2/3
  Nazard [ext.]
       
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
  Bourdon
44
8
  Cello [Gamba]
GT
16
  Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
    Great to Pedal 8'  
8
  Bass Flute [ext.]
    Swell to Pedal 8'  
8
  Flauto Dolce
SW
       
               
Sources:
     Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
     Hickman, Cynthia. Harlem Churches at the End of the 20th Century. New York: Dunbar Press, 2001.
     Trupiano, Larry: Specifications of Wicks Organ, Op. 1385 (1935).

Illustration:
     Lowry, Paul. Exterior.