1926 - Church exterior (Photograph by Cleveland Press.Plain Dealer Historical Collection, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2007-11-22 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2010-10-07 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The immense 2300-seat nave was completed in 1926 and demolished in 1961. -Database Manager
2023-01-27 - When membership rose to over 2,000, the church sold its property to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and constructed a larger building on the northwest corner of Euclid and E. 18th St. The first services were held there on 23 May 1926. In June 1926, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., contributed $200,000 and $100,000 in matching funds. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., also contributed $50,000 toward completion of the new auditorium. The $1.25 million building, designed by WALKER AND WEEKS, was constructed of glazed terra cotta brick. It had a 234' frontage on the west side of E. 18th, an auditorium seating over 2,300, and a 2-story Sunday school unit. During the week of 3-8 Apr. 1927, Dr. John Snape led formal dedicatory services. Although the church prospered for several years, it was threatened with foreclosure on the mortgage in Feb. 1934. In Oct. 1936 Dr. D. R. Sharpe, executive secretary of the Cleveland Baptist Assn., appealed to the Rockefellers. They contributed $250,000 for purchase of the land and the building but stipulated that the titles be transferred to the Baptist Assn., and that they not be asked to contribute again. During the pastorate of Dr. Bernard C. Clausen in the 1940s, the neighborhood changed. There was dissension within the congregation over Clausen's preaching and political stance, accompanied by a steady decline in membership; he resigned in 1950. In Jan. 1956 the 300-member congregation decided to discontinue the church, and on 1 July 1956 Rev. Richard Waka conducted the final service in the chapel. For the next several years, the building served as headquarters for the Cleveland Area Church Federation, the Cleveland Baptist Assn., and the INNER CITY PROTESTANT PARISH. On 8 July 1957, Baptist Assn. delegates empowered the trustees to sell or lease the building. It was demolished in the fall of 1961; the property eventually became a parking lot. -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> October 1927 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Cleveland, Ohio
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Möller Op. 4882 1927 4/64
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GALLERY GREAT GALLERY SWELL
(* unenclosed) 16' Bourdon 73
* 16' Open Diapason 61 16' Contra Viola 73
* 8' First Open Diapason 61 8' Open Diapason 73
* 8' Second Open Diapason 61 8' Stopped Diapason 73
* 8' Tibia Plena 61 8' Viole d'Orchestre 73
8' Doppelflöte 61 8' Viole Celeste 73
8' Flute Harmonique 61 8' Major Violin 73
4' Octave 61 8' Dolce Violin 12
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Violina 12
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Rohrflöte 12
III Mixture 183 4' Harmonic Flute 61
16' Double Trumpet 61 2 2/3' Flute Twelfth 7
8' Trumpet 12 2' Flautino 12
4' Clarion 12 1' Super Flautino --
Tremulant III Dolce Cornet 183
Sub 16' Contra Fagotto 61
Unison Off 8' French Trumpet 73
Super 8' Oboe 12
8' Vox Humana 61
CHANCEL GREAT Tremulant
8' Open Diapason 61 Sub
8' Melodia 61 Unison Off
8' Gamba 61 Super
8' Dulciana 61 Harp CH
4' Octave 61
4' Flute 61 CHANCEL SWELL
Sub 16' Bourdon 61
Unison Off 8' Open Diapason 61
Super 8' Stopped Diapason 12
8' Viole d'Orchestre 61
GALLERY CHOIR 8' Salicional 61
16' Dulciana 61 8' Voix Celeste 49 tc
8' English Open Diapason 73 4' Flute 12
8' Concert Flute 73 2 2/3' Quint 7
8' Quintadena 73 2' Piccolo 5
8' Viola 73 1' Octave Piccolo --
8' Dulciana 12 8' Cornopean 61
8' Unda Maris 61 tc 8' Oboe 61
4' Flute d'Amour 73 8' Vox Humana 61
4' Dulciana 12 Tremulant
2 2/3' Dulciana 7 Sub
2' Piccolo Harmonique 12 Unison Off
2' Dulciana 5 Super
1' Silverett --
8' French Horn 73 ECHO
Tremulant 8' Echo Flute 61
Sub 8' Muted Viole 61
Unison Off 8' Vox Angelica 49 tc
Super 4' Waldflöte 12
Harp 4' Violin 12
Harp Celesta 49 8' Vox Humana 61
Tremulant
CHANCEL CHOIR Chimes 25
8' Open Diapason 73
8' Melodia GT GALLERY PEDAL
8' Dulciana GT 32' Resultant --
8' Gamba GT 16' 1st Open Diapason 32
4' Flute GT 16' 2nd Open Diapason GT
8' Clarinet 61 16' Bourdon 32
Tremulant 16' Violone 32
Sub 16' Flute Major --
Unison Off 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
Super 16' Contre Viole SW
16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
GALLERY SOLO 8' Octave 12
8' Stentorphone 61 8' Flute 12
8' Grossflöte 61 8' Violoncello 12
8' Gross Gamba 61 16' Tuba SO
8' Gross Gamba Celeste 49 tc 16' Double Trumpet GT
8' Tibia Clausa 61 16' Contra Fagotto SW
4' Hohlpfeife 61 8' Tuba SO
16' Tuba 61 4' Tuba SO
8' Tuba Mirabilis 12
4' Tuba Clarion 12 CHANCEL PEDAL
Tremulant 16' Bourdon 32
Sub 16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
Unison Off 8' Flute 12
Super 8' Gedeckt SW
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