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E. & G. G. Hook Opus 577 (1871)

First Presbyterian Church
Quincy, IL

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2005-02-16 - Identified from company publications as edited and expanded in <i>The Hook Opus List 1829-1935</i>, ed. William T. Van Pelt (Organ Historical Society, 1991). -Database Manager

2005-12-15 - Updated through online information from Jason P. Stone. -- According to an article in the Quincy Herald, Friday, January 3, 1879, First Presbyterian was destroyed by fire the night before, shortly after its completion. The congregation was to take possession of the building that Sunday. "The large organ, valued at $4,000, recently removed from the old church, was put up and ready for service." The church was burned out to the four walls. Article available in on-line newspaper archive at www.quincylibrary.org. The church was re-built, as nearly as I can tell, to the same design. -Database Manager


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