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Wm. Johnson & Son Opus 820 (1895)

First Congregational Church : Sanctuary
Oskaloosa, IA

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


Images


before 1913 - Church exterior (Vintage postcard/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2015-08-19 - An original installation. Identified by John Igoe, using information found in *Johnson Organs, 1844-1898: Wm. A Johnson, Johnson Organ Co., Johnson & Son: a documentary issued in honor the two hundredth anniversary of his birth, 1816-2016* by Scot L. Huntington, Len Levasseur, Barbara Owen, Stephen L. Pinel, and Martin R. Walsh. Cranbury, New Jersey: The Princeton Academy of the Arts, Culture, and Society, 2015. -Database Manager

2024-10-15 - This instrument no longer exists. The Congregational Church housing the instrument burned in April, 1913. A picture of the church after the fire leaves little doubt the organ was destroyed. In 1915 a new Congregational Church was dedicated and a new organ was installed later that year. This building is still standing and now is named St. Paul Congregational UCC. -Kent Jager


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