Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: daystarfoundation.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2005-12-25 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> Contract included a one-manual, one-rank organ for the Sunday School.</i> -Database Manager
2021-11-18 - The contract also include a one-manual-and-pedal Sunday School organ; the main organ and console were renovated by Fabry in the 1990's. The congregation moved to a suburban location and the downtown building was transferred to the Daystar Foundation. Daystar Foundation and Library was established in 1990 to preserve and present the history of Christian Science and its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy. There are locations in a number of cities. -Jeff Scofield
2025-03-14 - From History of The South Bend Christian Science Church web page: By 1916, the church had outgrown its capacity and was providing morning and evening services on Sunday to accommodate the increase in attendance. Plans were drawn to erect a new building on the same location as the original, thus increasing capacity from 350 to 900 people. A Chicago-based architect, Leon Stanhope, designed a neo-classical building for the congregation, which required additional land to be purchased to the larger building. It featured a pipe organ built by E.M. Skinner and donated by Mrs. J.M. Studebaker. The cornerstone of the new building was laid on September 9, 1916. By March 27, 1918 the building was completed, and the first service in the new sanctuary was held that Easter Sunday. This building would be home to the South Bend congregation for several generations until moving into the church’s third building at 1237 North Ironwood Dr. in 1981. After some renovation this neo-classical 1918 building located downtown South Bend now serves as the home of the South Bend Civic Theater. -Paul R. Marchesano
Source: Courtesy of Allen Kinzey from shop files
South Bend, Indiana
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Skinner Op. 264 1916 3/25
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GREAT SWELL
16' Bourdon 17 a 16' Bourdon 73
8' Diapason 61 8' Diapason 73
8' Philomela 29 b 8' Gedeckt 73
8' Erzähler 61 8' Salicional 73
8' Gedeckt SW 8' Voix Celestes 73
8' Dulciana SW 8' Dulciana 73
4' Flute SW 8' Unda Maris 61
8' Cornopean SW 4' Flute 73
8' French Horn SW 2' Flautino 61
8' Cornopean 73
ECHO 8' French Horn 73
8' Spitz Flute 61 8' Flugel Horn 73
8' Flute Celeste 49 8' Vox Humana 73
8' Vox Humana 61 Tremolo
Tremolo
Chimes CHOIR
8' Geigen Principal 73
PEDAL 8' Concert Flute 73
16' Diapason 32 8' Quintadena 73
16' 1st Bourdon 32 4' Flute 73
16' 2nd Bourdon SW 8' Clarinet 73
8' Octave 12 Tremolo
8' Gedeckt 12
8' Still Gedeckt SW
a from Pedal 1st Bourdon
b from Pedal 16' Diapason
SUNDAY SCHOOL ORGAN
8' Diapason 61 4' Octave 12 16' Subbass 12
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