Victoria Congregational Church
 (United Church of Christ)

144-64 87th Avenue at 148th Street
Jamaica (Queens), N.Y. 11435
http://members.aol.com/victoriachurchny/



The Victoria Congregational Church was established on June 17, 1917, and early services were held in a small borrowed building, described by the Church's treasurer as "a portable, unsanitary, over-crowded, leaky building." After several years of fund raising, the present church was built. Finally, on Sunday, March 18, 1923, the new $51,000 sanctuary and fellowship building were dedicated.

For the next twenty years, Victoria Congregational grew and reached heights of membership. With strong leadership, abundance of families, generous optimism of spirit, it overcame the sufferings of the great depression and the misery of World War II.

In the 1940's things began to change. There was a substantial movement to Garden City, the Hempsteads, Manhasset and other points east. New voices were heard in the streets, strange voices, with whom the old timers could not communicate. Community conflicts broke out, huge sections of Jamaica burned with the rising indignities against our brothers and sisters. By the time the second half of the 20th century was underway a new neighborhood had sprung up around the church. Victoria was pressed to look within itself and discover new missions to the community.

Today, Victoria Congregational Church is affiliated with the United Church of Christ, and welcomes a diverse membership from its community.
           

Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt. – Opus 2433 (1925)
Electro-pneumatic action
2 manuals, 15 stops, 11 ranks

The status of this organ is unknown in 2008.
               
Great Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Open Diapason       Great to Great 4'  
8
   Melodia       Great Unison Off  
8
   Dulciana       Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'  

4

   Flute d'Amour  
     
 
   
 
   
Swell Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Bourdon
4
   Flute Harmonic  
8
   Open Diapason
8
   Oboe  
8
   Stopped Diapason
  Tremolo  
8
   Salicional
  Swell to Swell 16', 4'  
8
   Voix Celeste [TC]
  Swell Unison Off  
8
   Aeoline
     
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
   Bourdon
44
  Great to Pedal  
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt
SW
     Swell to Pedal  
8
   Bass Flute
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Sources:
    The Estey Pipe Organ web site: www.esteyorgan.com
    Trupiano, Larry. Specifications of Estey Organ, Op. 2433 (1925).
    Victoria Congregational Church web site: http://members.aol.com/victoriachurchny/
 
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