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Simmons & Fisher (1855)

Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church
Northeast corner of Jefferson Avenue and Rivard
Detroit, MI

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


Images


Unknown - Historic photograph after organ was relocated to the front of the church (Photograph from an archival source: 1995 OHS Handbook, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2013-05-16 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by John Speller, based on information learned in an E-mail from George Nelson and the OUSCDB, 5/15/2013. -- Dedicated 14 December 1855 in original building, replaced 1892 by Roosevelt Op. 501 in new building. A photograph of this instrument in ca. 1886 is found in "Golden jubilee Volumes of the Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church of Detroit, Michigan." Published by Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church Committee on Press and Printing, June 1904, p. 55. -Database Manager

2018-02-27 - Updated by William M. Worden, who gave this as the source of the information: As a long-time historian of Detroit architecture, I know the history of Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian's buildings. -Database Manager


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