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Henry Erben (1836)

St. John's Episcopal Church (1797 & 1839)
'On the Green'
Waterbury, CT

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


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Date unknown - Church exterior (A Narrative and Documentary History of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church (formerly St. James) of Waterbury, Connecticut by Frederick John Kingsbury, L.L.D., pub. 1907/Jim Stettner)

Date unknown - Church exterior (A Narrative and Documentary History of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church (formerly St. James) of Waterbury, Connecticut by Frederick John Kingsbury, L.L.D., pub. 1907/Jim Stettner)

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Notes

2004-10-30 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. 'A new and beautiful organ was purchased last winter, costing more than $1000." Replaced by 1848 Hook. -Database Manager

2025-05-24 - Excerpt from "A History of St. John's Parish": December 10, 1835...During Allen C. Morgan's rectorship, a committee was appointed to purchase an organ and make the necessary alterations in the galleries for its reception. This was the first Church organ in Waterbury, And it was for many years the only one. The organist was St. John Rowley, an Englishman employed in the Beecher's woolen mill. The organ was built by Farrand & Votey." [Editor: the builder is errant. Farrand & Votey as a pipe organ building firm did not begin until 1887. - JS] -Jim Stettner

2025-05-24 - The church was enlarged in 1839 with the addition of full-length, 12-foot wide, 1-storey high side aisles along each side of the nave. The front of the church was also built-out. -Jim Stettner

2025-05-24 - The old church was sold in 1847 and moved to East Main Street where it became St. Peter's, Waterbury's first Catholic church. -Jim Stettner


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