Better Pipe Organ Database


M. P. Möller Opus 2739 (1919)

Washington Theatre
1505-1513 Washington Boulevard
Detroit, MI

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)


Images


Unknown - Building exterior (Photograph by cinematreasures.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2009-09-23 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. M&ouml;ller, 1928). -Database Manager

2024-01-18 - From cinematreasures.org: The 1862-seat Washington Theatre opened on July 21, 1913. It was renamed Fox-Washington Theatre in 1919 when it had been taken over by William Fox. It was closed in 1928 and demolished. -Jeff Scofield

2024-01-18 - When the theater closed, Moller was contracted by Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church in Detroit in November 1930 to remove the organ from the theatre to the factory, refurbish it and reinstall it at the church with tonal changes and a new console and case. It played there until 1993, when workers doing a renovation of the church accidentally cut the power cables. -Jeff Scofield


Documents


Related Pipe Organ Database Entries


Other Links

Regrettably, it is not possible to display the information about the sponsor of this pipeorgandatabase entry or if there is a sponsor. Please see About Sponsors on Pipe Organ Database.