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Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel
(Roman Catholic)
230 East 90th Street
New York, N.Y. 10128
In the 1870s and 1880s, following the Civil War, the city's residents began to move northward, leaving the congested and noisy downtown area. The construction of elevated trains along Second and Third Avenues enticed many to Yorkville, which extends from 59th to 96th Street, and from the East River to Fifth Avenue. German families and immigrants, along with a large group of Irish, were particularly attracted to Yorkville. Brownstones and tenements were built for the laborers who worked at the Ehret's and Ruppert's breweries, or who crossed the East River at 92nd Street for an easy ferry ride to the Steinway Piano Factory in Queens.
The influx of Catholics soon overflowed Yorkville's primary church, St. Lawrence O'Toole (now St. Ignatius Loyola), founded in 1851 on East 84th Street. New churches were established by the diocese, including St. Monica's (1879) on East 79th, St. Jean Baptiste (1882) on Lexington Avenue at East 76th Street, Our Lady of Good Counsel (1886) on East 90th Street, St. Joseph's (1888) on East 87th Street, St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1891) on East 83rd Street, and St. Stephen of Hungary (1902) on East 82nd Street.
Thomas H. Poole designed the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, which was completed in 1892. Its stone exterior is notable for crenellated coping and turrets which echo those found on the Calvary Squadron A Armory (designed by John R. Thomas in 1888-90) on Madison Avenue between 94th and 95th Streets. Inside, the ornate and spacious interior is decorated with lacy gothic details, galleries on three sides, and beautiful stained glass windows. |
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Geo. Kilgen & Son
St. Louis, Mo. – Opus 7799 (1959-60)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 28 stops, 19 ranks |
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| After almost 70 years of service, the large 1891 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings organ was replaced in 1959-60 by a smaller organ built by Geo. Kilgen & Son of St. Louis. Kilgen installed the present organ behind the twin cases of the original organ. |
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Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
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Diapason |
61 |
2 2/3 |
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Quinte [Principal] |
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8 |
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Melodia |
61 |
2 |
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Super Octave [Principal] |
— |
8 |
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Gemshorn |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Principal |
73 |
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Chimes |
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Swell Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Open Diapason |
73 |
2 |
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Piccolo [Gedeckt] |
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8 |
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Gedeckt |
97 |
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Plein Jeu III ranks |
183 |
8 |
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Viole de Gambe |
73 |
8 |
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Oboe |
73 |
8 |
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Viole Celeste [TC] |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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4 |
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Flute d'Amour [Gedeckt] |
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Choir Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
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8 |
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Concert Flute |
61 |
8 |
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Clarinet |
61 |
8 |
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Dulciana |
61 |
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Tremolo |
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8 |
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Unda Maris |
61 |
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Chimes |
GT |
4 |
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Zart Floete |
73 |
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2 2/3 |
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Nasard [Zart Fl.] * |
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* has always played at 2' pitch |
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Pedal Organ – 32 notes
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Resultant |
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8 |
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Octave [Contra Bass] |
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16 |
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Contra Bass |
44 |
8 |
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Bass Flute [Bourdon] |
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16 |
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Bourdon |
56 |
8 |
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Gedeckt |
SW |
16 |
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Lieblich Gedeckt [ext. Ged.] |
12 |
4 |
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Block Floete [Bourdon] |
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E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings
Boston, Mass. – Opus 1480 (1891)
Mechanical action
3 manuals, 51 registers
The original organ for Our Lady of Good Counsel was built in 1891 by E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings of Boston. 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.
125th Anniversary booklet, pub. by St. Joseph's R.C. Church (Yorkville) New York City, 1998.
Van Pelt, William T., compiler. The Hook Opus List, 1829-1916 in Facsimile. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 1991.
Photos:
John Rust |
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