Memorial Presbyterian Church / King's College: Chapel of Christ the King; front
29 W. North St.
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Images
2020 - Moller console (Photograph by David B. Schneider, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020 - Sanctuary pre-restoration. Organ chambers in front with console. (Photograph by David B. Schneider, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1914 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2020's - Church exterior (Church Archives/Jim Tartella)
2025-04-12 - Memorial Presbyterian, W-B (Jim Tartella/Jim Tartella)
2025-04-12 - Memorial Presbyterian, W-B (Jim Tartella/Jim Tartella)
2025-04-12 - Memorial Presbyterian, W-B (Jim Tartella/Jim Tartella)
Consoles
Replacement - Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 4 manuals
- 65 registers
- 6 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
Notes
2009-10-31 - Identified through information in <i>List of More than 5200 Moller Pipe Organs</i> (Hagerstown, Maryland. M. P. Möller, 1928). -Database Manager
2022-09-28 - From the Pennsylvania Historic Preservation website, *"The size of the congregation declined in the late 20th century and eventually decreased to twenty-five members. The Memorial Church was formally dissolved by action of the Presbytery of Lackawanna on May 19, 2009. In 2011 the Presbytery of Lackawanna sold the property to King’s College for $125,000. Now operated as the new campus chapel and community event space, the church now serves as the worship space and gathering space for the King’s College and other members of the local community."* -Jim Stettner
2025-04-24 - Updated through online information from Jim Tartella (April 13, 2025): I visited this church on 4/12/2025 for the 5th Anniversary dedication/organ concert. (Building was rededicated on 9/15/2019 as "Chapel of Christ the King" of King's College, Wilkes-Barre.) Pipe organ is no longer there although it is believed that some of the pipes may still be in the chambers and ceiling. Building has been completely renovated by the college and converted into a Catholic worship space. The old console was removed and has been replaced with a 3 manual Viscount. Speaker units are in the two pipe chambers on either side of the altar. -Jim Stettner
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