Second Baptist Church (1864)
Morgan & Monroe Streets
Chicago, IL
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
Unknown - Gallery and Organ Case (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress; Historic Buildings Survey, Chester Hart/Database Manager)
1934-03-17 - Sanctuary interior with organ in rear gallery ( Image courtesy of the Library of Congress; Historic Buildings Survey; Chester Hart/Jim Stettner)
1934-03-17 - Church exterior; facade (steeple removed) (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress; Historic Buildings Survey, Chester Hart/Jim Stettner)
Date unknown - Architects drawing of 1864 rebuilt church (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress; Historic Buildings Survey/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main; rear gallery
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 3 divisions
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2012-02-10 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager
2024-08-20 - In 1912 the church was given over to Aiken Institute, a charitable organization, sponsored, by the Baptist Church of Chicago and named for Mrs. Eliza Aiken, a Civil War Nurse and Sunday School Visitor. The church spire was removed about 1915, because of its unsafe condition and the belfry tower was also removed in 1926 for the same reason.
The building was demolished in 1949. Fate of the organ unknown. -Jim Stettner
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