Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2021-03-23 - Identified from the Twin Cities AGO Organ List. -- *St. Paul’s American Lutheran was orginally organized in 1873 by German settlers. It was never part of the German Missouri church however. They met in several locations and finally built their building (currently converted into apartments) in 1903. They built an addition to the building in the early 1950’s to house the Wurlitzer organ which was purchased from the Century Theater in Minneapolis.* -Jim Stettner
2021-03-23 - In 1958, St. Paul's merged with Grace Lutheran to form Christ Lutheran Church. The Twin Cities AGO listing further states, *"In the mean time during the construction of the new building the congregation met in both locations. Once the move into the new building occurred, the St. Paul location was emptied and only the organ and a few pews remained. Dr. Matson of Spring Valley became interested and bought the organ and worked out a deal with the church to cover the cost of heating the building in winter. That arrangement worked well for a couple of years < snip >. The church sold the building in 1964 to the contractor who built the new church. He had a design to convert the building into 5 apartments. The organ had to be removed and I [Carsten Slostad] along with a crew of Dr. Matson’s friends got the job done in one week. He put the organ in storage until his barn conversion was completed for the reinstall in Spring Valley."* -Jim Stettner
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