Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2016-09-19 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Steve Bartley, using information found in Early 20th century anniversery booklet about the church. <br>The Whatcoat congregation started in the early 1830s, near the center of the city, but moved further west as the city expanded. In the 1870s they built at Stricker St & Presstman Sts. Installing a moderate sized 2 man Johnston organ. <BR>In 1914 the congregation moved to a new building, at Park Heights and Shirley Aves, in stalling the Wicks organ in 1919. This appears to be the first, of the few, Wicks organ in Baltimore. An early 20th century anniversary booklet, of the church, includes a clear photograph, showing the pulpit area, and the wide spread of facade pipes. <br>In 1969 the congregation folded, selling their building to the Gillis Memorial Baptist congregation. On the cover of a Gillis bulletin, dating from the early 2000s, a photo of the interior shows a remodeled pulpit area with two small flats of organ pipes attached to the walls on either side of the former organ chamber. The old organ chamber having been remodeled into a raised choir. -Database Manager
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