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Henry Pilcher's Sons Opus 810 (1914)

Hippodrome (Waco) Theatre
724 Austin Avenue
Waco, TX

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


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2015-07-12 - Building Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)

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2005-04-07 - Identified through information in Vol V p. 19 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

2009-12-24 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- Removed from the theatre and installed in the 1960s at the First Methodist Church, 4901 Cobbs Drive, Waco, Texas, 76710. -Database Manager

2009-12-27 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- A correction to my earlier update: -- This organ from the Hippodrome was donated in 1928 to the First Methodist Church, 403 S. 5th St., Waco. The organ was again relocated in 1963 to the new First Methodist Church edifice, 4901 Cobbs Drive, Waco, TX, 76710. The new edifice was designed by Henry J. Steinbomer of San Antonio, TX. -Database Manager

2015-08-21 - Cost: $4000 -Database Manager


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