1913 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Brooklyn Public Library via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2009-08-27 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager
2010-12-04 - Updated through on-line information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager
2020-11-18 - A handwritten contract, dated June 11, 1913, states that the M.P. Möller Company agreed to build a two-manual organ "complete & ready for use on or before the 18th day of October 1913 or as soon after as possible." A note in the margin shows "11/15/13 Organ shipped". The organ had a casing of quartered oak, tubular-pneumatic action, and cost $2,500. A contract dated March 2, 1934, indicates that the M.P. Möller company agreed to refurbish the church's existing organ, M.P. Möller, Op. 1615 (1913). Möller provided a new, detatched two-manual stop-key console, and added two new stops: a Tromba on the Great; and a Diapason on the Swell. New tongues were added to the Oboe, and the stop was revoiced. New pipes and chests were added for the upper octaves of most stops, and any old pipes damaged beyond repair were replaced. The organ was thoroughly cleaned and tonally regulated, and a new generator was installed. This organ was intact and operating until the church closed in 1961. Only the pipes were salvaged prior to demolition of the building. In 1961, the congregation merged with the Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church in 1961, after which the Ocean Avenue church was razed. -Jeff Scofield
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