Broadway Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
710 23rd St.
Rock Island, IL
Images
2009 - Church exterior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2015-05-20 - Church interior (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
c. 1878 - Contemporary postcard from the time of the dedication of the building. (Photograph from an archival source: Rock Island Preservation Society, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1908)/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 3 manuals
- 23 stops
- 44 registers
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2008-04-29 - Identified from factory documents and publications courtesy of Stephen Schnurr. -Database Manager
2020-11-28 - Only a month afterward the ground was broken on the corner of Spencer and Broadway streets for a fine new church building. Although the street names were changed to 7th Avenue and 23rd Streets the following year, the church has kept its original name of Broadway Presbyterian to the present day.
The cornerstone, said to be Joliet limestone, was laid on May 2, 1876. Its contents included local histories, newspapers, and one unexpected item – a picture of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition buildings. The church structure itself appears to be of the Joliet stone, a sturdy, yellowish dolomitic limestone cut from quarries along the Des Plaines River. Joliet stone was also used for some of the Rock Island Arsenal buildings.
- Information from the Rock Island Preservation Society -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
Stoplist copied from the factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Rock Island, Illinois
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Möller Op. 7952 1949 3/28
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GREAT (enclosed) CHOIR
16' Spitzflöte 73 8' Prestant 73
8' Diapason 73 8' Concert Flute 73
8' Hohlflöte 73 8' Dulciana 73
8' Spitzflöte 12 8' Unda Maris 61
4' Octave 73 4' Nachthorn 73
4' Flute Ouverte 12 4' Dulciana 12
III Mixture 183 2 2/3' Rohrnasat 61
Tremolo 2' Piccolo --
Sub 8' English Horn 73
Unison Off Tremolo
Super Sub
Chimes 21 Unison Off
Super
SWELL Chimes GT
16' Rohrbourdon 73
8' Geigen Diapason 73 PEDAL
8' Rohrflöte 12 16' Diapason 12 GT
8' Viole de Gambe 73 16' Bourdon 32
8' Viole Celeste 65 16' Spitzflöte GT
4' Geigen Octave 12 16' Lieblichgedeckt SW
4' Flute ⌂ 73 10 2/3' Quint 7
2' Flautino -- 8' Octave 32
IV Plein Jeu 244 8' Bourdon 12
16' Contra Fagotto 73 8' Spitzflöte GT
8' Trompette 73 8' Gedeckt SW
8' Oboe 12 4' Super Octave 12
4' Clarion 73 4' Rohrflöte SW
Tremolo III Spitz Cornet GT
Sub 16' Double Trumpet 12 SW
Unison Off 16' Contra Fagotto SW
Super 8' Fagotto SW
[Received online from Jeff Scofield December 9, 2013]
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