Norwegian / Ascension / Golden Gate Lutheran Church: Sanctuary; front
19th and Dolores Streets
San Francisco, CA
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
ca. 2007 - Exposed pipes in front (Photograph by Richard T. Swanson, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 2007 - Church as Golden Gate Lutheran (Photograph from an archival source: ELCA Blogspot, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1964 - Church when Ascension Lutheran (Photograph from an archival source: ELCA Blogspot, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
1941 - Church when Norwegian Lutheran (Photograph from an archival source: ELCA Blogspot, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 2 manuals
- 17 stops
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
Notes
2021-11-07 - Identified from the Wicks opus list.
The congregation began as Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in the Market District. In 1916-17, they merged with Bethlehem Lutheran and renamed as Norwegian Lutheran. In 1930, they relocated to the Market District and purchased an existing church acoss from Dolores Park. In 1959 the congregation rededicated itself as Ascension Lutheran and later it became Golden Gate Lutheran. The building was seized by the city and county of San Francisco, after the congregation ignored orders to seismically retrofit the building - which was cost was estiated at $8 Million. The building was then sold, with some of the funds being distributed to congregations in San Francisco and the remaining funds given to the Sierra Pacific Synod.
The Wicks pipe organ found a new home at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Washington through the efforts of Dr. Edward Meyer - Prof. Emeritus of Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN. The ogan was removed in January by Michigan rgan builder Richard T. Swanson and volunteers from the Golden Gate Lutheran Church. It was reinstalled in Holy Trinity in 2008 by Richard T. Swanson with three ranks added. -Jim Stettner
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