Better Pipe Organ Database

Hilborne L. Roosevelt Opus 239 (1885)

First Methodist Episcopal Church (AKA Lovely Lane Methodist): Chapel
2200 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD

Images

2021-08-27 - Organ case (Photograph by David Storey/David Storey)

1985 - Organ case with restored stenciled facade (Photograph from an archival source: Builder's website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Unknown - Church exterior, ca. 1887 (A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library. Used by permission/Database Manager)

2024-07-21 - Builder's nameplate (Jeremy Horth, via Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2024-07-21 - Façade pipes and console (Jeremy Horth, via Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
9 stops
9 registers
2 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Row Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 59 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1991 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Building was First Methodist Episcopal. Restored Richard Howell 1985 after water damage. -Database Manager

2009-03-30 - Updated through on-line information from David M Storey. -- Bellows releathered in 2008. Organ is in perfect working order. -Database Manager

2011-01-06 - Updated through on-line information from T. Bradford Willis, DDS. -- A postcard in my collection for Lovely Lane Church states: "Mother Church of American Methodism. The monumental Etruscan structure (1884-87) by Stanford White is the fifth home of the congregation, hosts to 1784 founding Christmas Conference." -Database Manager

2013-01-12 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Lovely Lane UMC  (Chapel), Baltimore, MD
1885  Hilborne L. Roosevelt , Op 239
(Stoplist: Bruce Corneley PIPORG-L 1998)

Manual:  58 notes, enclosed
Gedeckt  (tc) 16         46 pipes, wood
Open Diapason  8         58 m
Salicional  8            46 m
Doppel Flote  8          58 w
Octave  4                58 m
Flute Harmonique  4      58 m
Nazard  2-2/3            58 m
Flageolet  2             58 m
Tremulant   (on/off thumb piston)

Pedal:  27 notes
Bourdon  16              27 w

Websites

Lovely Lane Methodist Restoration - Detailed description of the 1985 restoration with photos and stop list (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)