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Holyrood Episcopal Church
715 West 179th Street
New York, N.Y. 10033
http://www.holyroodchurch.com/
The Holyrood Church (Holyrood means "Holy Crucifix" or "Holy Cross") was founded as an Episcopal congregation in 1893 by Rev. William Oliver Embury, who was chaplain of The House of Refuge for Problem Girls, and was operated by the Sisters of St. Mary in Inwood Hill Park. In 1895, a country-style church with a tower designed by R.D. Chandler and built on upper Broadway at what is now 181st Street.
On November 16, 1901, the church was involved with the dedication of the Fort Washington Memorial Plaque. This plaque is located on the Fort Washington side of Bennett Park, located on Fort Washington Avenue between 183rd and 185th Street. There had been a procession from the church when it was at the Broadway location. The bell in the Parish House reflects the story of the War for Independence with a quote: “On battlefield, where foemen fell, the glorious tale of peace I tell.”
By 1910 the area had become more densely populated, and a new church was built at 179th Street and Fort Washington Avenue, as designed by Bannister & Schell. The building is shared with a Spanish congregation, Iglesia Santa Cruz. |
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Henry Erben
New York City (1874)
Electro-pneumatic action by Midmer-Losh
3 manuals, 36 stops, 40 ranks
In 1874, Henry Erben rebuilt and enlarged the organ built by Thomas Robjohn in 1840 for St. John's Chapel on Varick Street. Around 1913, the city widened Varick Street and the chapel was razed. The organ was moved to Holyrood Church, where it was rebuilt and electrified by Reuben Midmer & Son. In 1955, the organ was discarded and replaced by an electronic. |
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Great Organ (Manual II)
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Double Open Diapason |
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2 2/3 |
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Twelfth |
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
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2 |
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Fifteenth |
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Viol di Gamba |
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Mixture 3 ranks |
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8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
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Sesquialtera (2 ranks?) |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
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Trumpet |
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4 |
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Octave |
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4 |
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Clarion |
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4 |
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Wald Flute |
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Swell Organ (Manual III), enclosed
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16 |
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Bourdon |
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2 |
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Piccolo |
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
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Cornet, 3 ranks |
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8 |
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Salicional |
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8 |
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Cornopean |
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8 |
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Aeoline |
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8 |
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Oboe |
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8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
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8 |
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Vox Humana |
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4 |
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Fugara |
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Choir Organ (Manual I)
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Open Diapason |
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4 |
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Principal |
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8 |
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Melodia |
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4 |
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Flauto Traverso |
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8 |
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Dulciana |
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2 |
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Fifteenth |
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8 |
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Stopped Diapason |
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Clarinet |
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Pedal Organ
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Resultant |
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Bourdon |
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Open Diapason |
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Violoncello |
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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.
Holyrood Church web site: http://www.holyroodchurch.com/default.html
Ogasapian, John. Organ Building in New York City: 1700-1900. Braintree: The Organ Literature Foundation, 1977.
Renner, James. "Holyrood Episcopal Church," article in Washington Heights and Inwood Online.
Webber, F.R. "Organ scrapbook" at Organ Historical Society Archives, Princeton, N.J. Specifications of Roosevelt organ, Op. 340. Courtesy Jonathan Bowen.
Illustrations:
Grassroots Animal Rights Conference web site. Exterior and interior
Percy Loomis Sperr. Exterior (1929) |
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