2009-03-26 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager
2016-12-07 - Updated through online information from Steve Bartley. <br>The Aisquith Presbyterian Church was started in 1842, formalizing in 1844. At that time, a simple neoclassical building was erected at Aisquth and Edward Streets. (building extant). <br>In the 1880s, a neighboring German Reformed congregation negotiated a building swap, their building being at Aisquith, north of Orleans St. (building extant). In the mid 1870s, the Reformed church had purchased a Niemann organ, his first in Baltimore. Research has not revealed if the Niemann remained in the former Reformed building or if the Presbyterians had a pipe organ. <br>In 1881 The Aisquith Presbyterian congregation also purchased a Niemann organ. (Sun Paper 4/9/1881 pg 2). In 1904 the Presbyterian congregation moved a few blocks north, to a new building, at Ausquith and North Ave. At the time of the dedication, Moller Opus 490 had been installed. <br>In 1930 they erected another new building, some distance away, at Harford Road & Oakcrest Ave. (Sun Paper 6/8/1930 pg3) It is conceivable that they had the Moller, from the North Ave. location, modernized into opus 5850, as their North Ave. building had been sold to an oil company, and was demolished soon after they left, to become a gas station. -Database Manager
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