Residence: Paul Watkins / Senior Living at Watkins: Great Hall
175 E Wabasha St.
Winona, MN
Images
1970 - Rear of the Great Hall with organ console bottom left (Photograph from an archival source: Unknown , submitted by Carson Krueger/Carson Krueger)
(orig. 1970) - Pipe Chambers with what appears to be the 16’ Diapason of the Great (Photograph from an archival source: Unknown , submitted by Carson Krueger/Carson Krueger)
1970 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: Unknown , submitted by Carson Krueger/Carson Krueger)
Unknown - Great Hall Organ Chambers (Collection of Jim Lewis, courtesy of Jim Lewis (c.1930)/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- 4 manuals
- 71 stops
- 90 registers
- 8 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
Notes
2009-04-01 - Identified through online information from Richard C Greene. -- It has a player mechanism. -Database Manager
2009-05-04 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager
2023-12-11 - The organ is in need of a complete restoration. It is occasionally used for concerts. There are many stops prepared for in console only, without room in case (namely the Vox Humana Choir, Vibrato Organ, and 32' Bombarde on the Pedal) After the death of Paul Watkin's widow, the city of Winona took control of the estate, and it was transformed into a senior living house. (Now known as "Senior Living at Watkins.") The Great Hall is open to the public in the summer. -Carson Krueger
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