2009-03-27 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager
2021-04-10 - Correcting with info found on Facebook, opus 522 was moved to St. Francis from Second Baptist, Harrisburg. (Organ ID: 40320 ) -William M Worden
2021-09-20 - "In 1900 the Harrisburg mission established at Sylvan Heights assumed parochial dimensions in its first year and prompted Bishop Shanahan to establish the parish in early 1901, with Reverend James McGrath as pastor. Father secured a temporary residence on Market Street containing a private chapel for daily Mass and Baptisms. As the story goes, Father climbed to the top of Reservoir Park to get a bird’s eye view of his new parish and decided that 16th and Market Streets would be a desirable central location, but property was purchased at the present site. The cornerstone was laid on August 4, 1901. The church was completed at a cost of $12,500 and dedicated by Bishop Shanahan on February 9, 1902." Dec 7, 1903, the *Harrisburg Daily Independent* announced that "Carnegie gives St. Francis $1000" ... "East Harrisburg Catholic Congregation notified that Laird of Skibo will contirbute one half of $2000 Pipe Organ Fund. It is not clear if the organ was installed prior to the fire of 1905. In any case, the new building was completed in 1906 and this is the likely year of installation of the Second Baptist Church Moller. "On Saturday morning, February 25, 1905, a group of civil engineers working across the street noticed smoke pouring from the sacristy. The following excerpts are from The Patriot, February 27, 1905: *St. Francis’ Catholic Church, on Market St. near 14th, one of the branches established by St. Patrick’s pro-cathedral a few years ago and the only church of the denomination on Allison’s Hill, was practically destroyed by fire in less than an hour on Saturday morning...By 11:30 the fire was under control but the church was a smoking ruin, only the wall and tower standing.*" -Paul R. Marchesano
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