First Methodist Church: Chancel
4901 Cobbs Drive
Waco, TX
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
Unknown - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Displays ((1970's) Vintage Postcard; image courtesy of T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-07-19 - Building Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-06-14 - Revelation Stained Glass Window (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
2015-05-30 - Church Exterior (Photograph by T. Bradford Willis/Database Manager)
1973-07-25 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Displays (Photo from the cover of the 1973 parish directory/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 3 manuals
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Combination action: Setterboard
Notes
2010-07-08 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- This was the transplanting and rebuilding of the 1914 Henry Pilcher's Sons organ originally built for the Hippodrome Theatre in Waco, and reinstalled at the 1876 edifice of Fifth Street M.E. Church South/First Methodist of Waco in 1928. After a new and larger worship center was built in 1984, the old sanctuary became a chapel for a time. According to a July 6, 2010 email from Waco resident Dr. T. Bradford Willis, in more recent years, the former sanctuary/chapel was converted to other uses. The chancel furnishings were sold and/or given away. Part of the Markham/Pilcher was junked, but portions were given two two churches. -Database Manager
2010-08-31 - Updated through on-line information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -Database Manager
2015-06-12 - Updated through online information from T. Bradford Willis. -- The original edifice for the First Methodist Church at 4901 Cobbs Drive was designed by Henry J. Steinbomer (1902-1964) of San Antonio, Texas. -Database Manager
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