Christ Congregational Church / Pilgrim United Church of Christ
1800 Grand Concourse at 175th Street
New York City: The Bronx (Mount Hope), NY
Note: Not playable. (in this location)
Images
2012-04-29 - Mohr builder plate (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2012-04-29 - Moller builder plate (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2012-04-29 - Church exterior (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2012-04-29 - Right rocker tablets (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2012-04-29 - Left rocker tablets (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1912 - Church exterior and floor plan (Photograph from an archival source: Archival source via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2012-04-29 - Church interior (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2012-04-29 - Console (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2012-04-29 - Organ case (Photograph by David Schmauch via the NYC AGO NYC Organ Project, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Consoles
Main
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 11 stops
- 3 divisions
- Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Combination action: None
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2009-08-30 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager
2012-05-04 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -- At an unknown time, this church became Pilgrim United Church of Christ. -Database Manager
2020-11-11 - The Pilgrim United Church of Christ occupies buildings erected in 1910 by Christ Congregational Church of Mount Hope. As designed by Hoppin & Koen of New York City, the Georgian- or Colonial Revival-style complex was built on an irregular plot on the northeast corner of Grand Concourse and 175th Street. In the center is the sanctuary that has a domed roof of tin, painted green, and an entrance framed by a tall portico with four columns. Above the portico is a square tower that originally had a tiered steeple. All of the buildings are of red brick with white wood trim. The circular auditorium including the balcony can accomodate 370 people; plans to add side galleries were never realized. Abutting the sanctuary on the north is the four-bedroom parsonage. On the other side is the building containing an auditorium, gymasium, and meeting rooms. The completed buildings were opened on September 18, 1910, and formally dedicated the next month. A site visit in 2012 found the church to be in deteriorating condition.
The organ in Pilgrim Church was built in 1914 by M.P. Möller of Hagerstown, Md. Möller used tubular-pneumatic action for this organ. The two-manual console is attached at the base of the organ case. In 2012, the organ was found to be unplayable. -Jeff Scofield
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