Click on image to enlarge Lenox Presbyterian Church 409 West 141st Street at St. Nicholas Avenue New York, N.Y. 10031 Organ Specifications: 409 West 141st Street at St. Nicholas Avenue (1905-1927) ► II/25 J.H. & C.S. Odell, Op. 414 (1905) 310 West 139th Street (1893-1905) • unknown The Lenox Presbyterian Church, organized about 1892 to serve residents of Harlem, was originally located at 310 West 139th Street in a Romaneque sanctuary designed by Joseph Ireland and built from 1892-93. From 1905-1923 the building was home to the Swedish Immanuel Congregation Church, and since 1923 has been occupied by the Grace Congregational Church of Harlem. In 1905, the congregation removed to a new church built from 1904-05 at 409 West 141st Street at St. Nicholas Avenue. Valentine & Ludlow designed the towered Gothic edifice that overlooked St. Nicholas Park and the City College of New York. At that time the society changed its name to St. Nicholas Avenue Presbyterian Church. In 1927, the St. Nicholas Avenue congregation merged into the North Presbyterian Church at 529 West 155th Street, and the old edifice was sold to St. James Presbyterian Church.             Organ in church located at 409 West 141st Street: J.H. & C.S. Odell New York City – Opus 414 (1905) Tubular-pneumatic action 2 manuals, 23 stops, 25 ranks                   Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes 8   Open Diapason 61 4   Flute Harmonique 61 8   Gamba 61 4   Octave 61 8   Dulciana 61 2   Super Octave 61 8   Melodia 61 8   Trumpet 61                 Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed 16   Bourdon Bass   } 61 4   Rohr Flote 61 16   Bourdon Treble } 4   Violina 61 8   Open Diapason 61 2   Piccolo 61 8   Salicional 61   Dolce Cornet III ranks 183 8   Vox Celestis 61 8   Vox Humana 61 8   Aeoline 61 8   Oboe 61 8   Stopped Diapason 61                     Pedal Organ – 30 notes 16   Open Diapason 30 8   Bass Flute 30 16   Bourdon 30                         Couplers     Great to Pedal       Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'       Swell to Pedal       Swell to Swell 4'       Pedal to Pedal Octaves       Great to Great 4'                   Piston Combination Movements (Adjustable)     Great Organ Forte       Swell Organ Forte       Great Organ Mezzo       Swell Organ Mezzo       Great Organ Piano       Swell Organ Piano                   Pedal Movements     Grand Crescendo Pedal       Balanced Swell Pedal       Pedal Organ Forte       Great to Pedal Reversible       Pedal Organ Piano                       Organ in original church at 310 West 139th Street: Unknown (c.1893) It has not been determined if the original Lenox Presbyterian Church had an organ, and if so, who built it.             Sources:      Adams, Michael Henry. Harlem Lost and Found: An Architectural and Social History, 1765-1915. New York: Monacelli Press, 2002.      Dolkart, Andrew S. and Gretchen S. Sorin. Touring Historic Harlem: Four Walks in Northern Manhattan. New York: New York Landmarks Conservancy, 1997.      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.      Odell Company Opus List, compiled by Sand Lawn and courtesy David Scribner.      Trupiano, Larry. Factory Specifications of J.H. & C.S. Odell organ, Op. 414 (1905).             | NYC AGO Home Page | Back to NYC Organ Project List |