Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Vol IV p. 5 of the Pilcher factory ledgers and a list of Pilcher organs typed by William E. Pilcher of Louisville. For more information see the document referenced below. -Database Manager
2005-04-07 - Original price: $3000; William Pilcher's list says 1906. -Database Manager
2007-10-16 - Updated through online information from mark howell. -- Organ still has 12 of its original ranks -Database Manager
2007-10-19 - Updated through online information from mark howell. -Database Manager
2011-01-03 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager
2011-01-04 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager
2015-07-04 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis. -- The congregation of the Oak Cliff United Methodist Church held its last service of worship on Sunday, June 28, 2015. It has been reported that the remaining congregants plan to unite with the Tyler Street Methodist Church after the closing of the Oak Cliff Church. -Database Manager
2015-07-17 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis. -- The text of its Official Texas Historical Marker is: Oak Cliff United Methodist Church - This congregation was formed in 1887 when the Shelton and Oliver families began meeting with circuit rider C. G. Shutt in the Shelton home under the name St. Mark's Methodist Church. The Olivers began Sunday School meetings in 1888. The first Methodist church building on this site, largely funded by the efforts of church women, was erected in 1894 and dedicated in 1901. In 1903, when Oak Cliff was annexed to the city of Dallas, the church had 317 members; by 1911 there were 856 congregants. The architectural firm of Sanguinet and Staats, designers of the 1903 Wilson Building in Dallas, the 1907 Flatiron Building in Fort Worth and the 1910 Scarborough Building in Austin, drew up plans for the Oak Cliff Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The ambitious project was delayed for a time because of a lack of funds, but was resumed in 1915 and completed that year. The first wedding was performed in the building in January 1916. The edifice was dedicated in 1926 after the debt had been retired. By that time the membership was 1,649 and an educational building was erected. The church complex has been enlarged and renovated as needed. Though the sanctuary was damaged by fire in 1958, it was soon restored and back in use. The Oak Cliff United Methodist church building consists of two stories and a full basement. The brick-clad edifice, designed on a cruciform plan, features a front facade dominated by a full height pedimented entry portico supported on cast concrete Tuscan columns. Other classical revival details, including cast stone coping, decorative brick frieze and Palladian doors, make this structure distinctive. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1999 -Database Manager
2019-07-10 - The church, which had around 3,000 members in 1950, closed in July 2015 due to a dwindling membership and $3 million worth of repairs that needed to be done; the congregation merged into Tyler Street United Methodist Church. -Database Manager
2023-01-30 - **Email from Mark Howell, 30 January 2023:** I need to inform the OHC [sic] that the Pilcher Oak Cliff organ in Dallas has burned. total loss. -Paul R. Marchesano
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