St. Joseph Convent / St. Joseph Catholic Church
E 12th and Greenup Streets
Covington, KY
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
unknown - Church interior (Photograph from an archival source: website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
c. 1915 - Photo showing clock tower in the street after a tornado (Photograph from an archival source: website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
unknown - Postcard of building exterior with academy and other buildings visible (Photograph from an archival source: website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
unknown - Building exterior (Photograph from an archival source: website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
Consoles
Main
Notes
2006-09-20 - Moved to a Roman Catholic church (not named) in southern Kentucky when the convent building was razed. -Database Manager
2021-01-13 - Sold to St. Francis Xavier R. C., Falmouth, KY c. 1941-46 shortly before the building was razed. -Paul R. Marchesano
2021-01-13 - Founded in 1859 by The Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery from Erie, Pennsylvania at the request of the bishop to teavh German to the children of St. Joseph [German Catholic] parish. Seems to be locally or commonly called St. Joseph's convent, although that has not been confirmed as the official name. St. Joseph's Church was completed the same year. This suggests a date of c. 1859 to this organ.
The buildig was remodeled in 1878 with a revised tower. In 1915 the tower was knocked off the building by a tornado and there was some additional damage to the building.
The organ was moved [apparently] when the nuns established Villa Madonna College in 1922 on a large farm property purchased in 1903. In 1916, the novitiate moved from Covington to Villa Madonna, and the motherhouse in 1922. -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from a related OHS Database entry January 12, 2021
Covington, Kentucky
St. Joseph Convent / St. Joseph Catholic Church
Mathias Schwab (1859 ca.)
MANUAL (54 notes)
8. Open Diapason
8. Stop.ͩ Diapason Treble (42)
8. Stop.ͩ Diapason Bass (12)
8 Viol d'amour
4. Principal
4 Flute
2 Fifteenth
PEDAL (13 notes)
[8] Violon Bass P (Pedal)
COUPLERS (Drawknob)
Couplar [sic] (Man. to Ped.)
ACCESSORIES
Bellows Alarm
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