2020-11-03 - The parish of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Slovensky Kostol Sv. Alzbety), founded in 1891, was the first national Slovak parish for the Slovak and Hungarian Catholics of New York City and Brooklyn. On April 26, 1891 the first Mass was celebrated in the basement of St. Bridget's Church on 8th Street and Avenue B, and the parish was formally incorporated on November 25, 1891. The first church was built at 345 East 4th Street, and the first Mass in the new building was celebrated on August 7, 1892. This building was extant in 2012 as San Isidoro y San Leandro Orthodox Catholic Church of the Hispanic Rite. Several other churches were formed from St. Elizabeth of Hungary: St. John Nepomucene (1895, Slovak) and St. Stephen of Hungary (1901, Hungarian) in New York City, and Holy Family (1903, Slovak) in Brooklyn. In 1917, St. Elizabeth of Hungary moved uptown to its present location after acquiring the former Second Immanuel Lutheran Church, a neo-Gothic church built in 1893 and altered by Francis J. Berlenbach. In 1980, Cardinal Terence Cooke designated the church the official home for deaf Catholics at the request of Monsignor McCahill, who had been looking for a base for them. It became a favorite of Cardinal Cooke's successor, Cardinal John O'Connor, who spoke of it fondly and came once a year to celebrate Mass. Today the church is Hungarian in name only. -Jeff Scofield
Specification from Barry Kloda Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
New York City, New York
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church
Kilgen Organ Company Opus 7677 1953 2 manuals, 13 stops, 13 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN (enclosed) COUPLERS
8' Diapason 61 Great to Pedal 8
8' Hohl Flute 61 Swell to Pedal 8 4
8' Dulciana 61 Swell to Great 16 8 4
4' Principal 61 Great to Great 16 UO 4
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 Swell to Swell 16 UO 4
2' Fifteenth 61
Grave Mixture II -- ADJUSTABLE COMBINATIONS
(draws 2-2/3 & 2') Swell & Pedal 1-2-3-4-5
Chimes pf Great & Pedal 1-2-3-4-5
Full Organ 1-2-3-4-5
SWELL ORGAN (enclosed) General Cancellor
8' Geigen Diapason 73 Swell Cancellor (nameplate)
8' Rohr Floete 73 Great Cancellor (nameplate)
8' Salicional 73
8' Voix Celeste (TC) 61 PEDAL MOVEMENTS
4' Flute Harmonic 73 Expression Pedal - Great
8' Trompette 73 Expression Pedal - Swell
Tremolo Crescendo Pedal
Great to Pedal Reversible
PEDAL ORGAN Sforzando Reversible
16' Bourdon 56
16' Rohr Bourdon (ext SW) 12
8' Octave (Geigen Diap) SW
8' Bass Flute (fr. Bdn) --
8' Rohr Floete SW
4' Block Floete (fr. Bdn) --
8' Trompette SW
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2016-08-06]
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